Arrestment

Arrestment, in Scots law, is the process by which a creditor detains the goods or effects of his debtor in the hands of third parties till the debt due to him shall be paid.[1] It is divided into several kinds:

  1. Arrestment in security, used when proceedings are commencing, or in other circumstances where a claim may become, but is not yet, enforceable
  2. Arrestment in execution, following on the decree of a court, or on a registered document, under a clause or statutory power of registration, according to the custom of Scotland.[2]
  3. Arrestment of a ship, for a maritime claim; if the debtor fears a ship will leave harbour, he can apply for a warrant to dismantle the ship.[3]
This article is about the Scots legal term. For process of slowing an aircraft on a carrier, see Arresting gear.

By the process of arrestment the property covered is merely retained in place; to realize it for the satisfaction of the creditor's claim a further proceeding called "forthcoming" is necessary. By old practice, funds necessary for survival were not liable to arrestment. By the Wages Arrestment Limitation (Scotland) Act 1870, the wages of all labourers, farm-servants, manufacturers, artificers and work-people are, with some exceptions, not arrestable.[2]

References
  1. "Arrestment". Oxford Living Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arrestment". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 647.
  3. MacLean, Duncan (1 July 2010). "Changes to ship arrest law in Scotland". Brodies. Retrieved 23 March 2018.


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