arrestment

arrestment
An old English and Scottish term for what is better known today as foreign attachment or garnishment, but applying only to the provisional remedy, not to any proceeding under or in aid of an execution. Wilder v InterIsland Steam Navigation Co. 211 US 239, 246, 53 L Ed 164, 167, 29 S Ct 58. arrestment jurisdictionis fundandae causa. An arrestment for the purpose of founding jurisdiction, a Scotch writ whereby a defendant was brought within the jurisdiction by attaching his goods.

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