Arrester

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arrester \Ar*rest"er\, n.
     1. One who arrests.
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     2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is
        made. [Also written {arrestor}.]


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arrester
       n : a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight
           deck of an aircraft carrier [syn: {arrester hook}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ARRESTER, law of Scotland. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of his
  debtor's goods or movable obligations. Ersk. Pr. L. Soot. 3, 6, 1.