The sad stories of fire from heaven, the burning of his sheep, etc., . . . were sad arrests to his troubled spirit.
Jer. Taylor.
4. (Far.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails. White.
Arrest of judgment (Law), the staying or stopping of a judgment, after verdict, for legal cause. The motion for this purpose is called a motion in arrest of judgment.