arrest (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Legal apprehensionII. A stopping (legal t. t.) • arrest (subs.): I. Legal apprehension: comprĕhensĭo: the a. of the guilty, sontium c., Cic.: v. apprehension. II. A stopping (legal t. t.): arrest of judgment, (?) ampliatĭo: strictly an adjournment of a trial. (In Med. L. arrestum: v. Du Cange, s. v.)