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What is an arrestment?

What is an arrestment? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The action of arresting (in any sense)
  2. (law, Scotland) The process that prohibits a debtor from making payment to the creditor until another debt due to the person making use of the arrestment by such creditor is paid.
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Airdrie's condition has worsened since the weekend when one of the companies owned by Rangers chairman David Murray had an arrestment order placed on the Shyberry club.
It is thought sheriff officers will now serve an arrestment order on the SPFL as the Lions are due around PS60,000 from league bosses.
Approach assigned us a block of airspace up to 11,000 feet overhead the field and began to coordinate with tower for our arrestment.
Intensive caretaking hospitably monitored arrestment authority's side-effectiveness counterindicating pettily self-administered proactive mendications.
What is even more unbelievable is that the Executive is failing to use civil means, such as arrestment of wages or benefits, to pursue the unpaid fines.
Law-enforcement personnel were on alert, however, no arrestment has so far been reported.

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