ARRESTMENT  , in Scots See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the See also:

• PROCESS

process by which a creditor detains the goods or effects of his debtor in the hands of third parties till the See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt due to him shall be paid . It is divided into two kinds: (1) Arrestment in See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security, used when proceedings are commencing, or in other circumstances where a claim may become, but is not yet, enforceable; and (2) Arrestment in See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution, following on the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, or on a registered document, under a clause or statutory See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• REGISTRATION

registration, according to the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . By the process of arrestment the See also:

• PROPERTY

property covered is merely retained in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place; to realize it for the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of the creditor's claim a further proceeding called " furthcoming " is necessary . By old practice, alimentary funds, i.e. those necessary for subsistence, were not liable to arrestment . By the See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

Wages Arrestment See also:

• LIMITATION, STATUTES OF

Limitation (Scotland) See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 189o, the wages of all labourers, See also:

• FARM

farm-servants, manufacturers, artificers and See also:

• WORK

work-See also:

• PEOPLE

people are not arrestable except (I) in so far as they exceed 20S. per See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week; but the expense of the arrestment is not to be charged against the debtor unless the sum recovered exceed the amount of the said expense; or (2) under decrees for alimentary allowances and payments, or for rates and taxes imposed by law .