[f. ARREST v. + -ING1.] The action of stopping or checking; of seizing or apprehending by legal authority.
1424. Act Jas. I. (1597), § 7. Gif sik persones takis ony skaith in the arreisting of them.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 14/1. A-reste or a-restynge, arestacio.
1628. Earle, Microcosm., lxix. 148. If they escape arresting.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., II. 131/2. Writs, Warrants, and Attachments, Arestings.
1849. Ruskin, Sev. Lamps, iv. § 34. 125. It is but the arresting upon the stone-work of a stem or two of the living flowers.
