Tending to stop or slow a process. / (dated) Tending to capture people’s attention.

(dated) In an arrestive manner.

(dated) The quality of being arrestive.

(uncountable, law) The right of a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official to detain a suspected criminal until the police can be summoned.

(cardiology, pathology) Sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.

(law) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

Arrested by the police.

Alternative form of arrest warrant

(law) The crime of obstructing or opposing a police officer who is making an arrest.

(law) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.