An attachment of property for the satisfaction of a debt.
〔苏格兰律〕财产扣押
the Scottish clearing banks are unable to handle the volume of arrestments
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When we had to take action against a neighbour, we had to get wage arrestments and eventually bank arrestments.
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.