Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to be arrested or apprehended.
- In Scots law, attachable; subject to seizure at the suit of a creditor of the owner, by a process in the nature of attachment or garnishment: applied to property, funds, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of, or suitable for, being
arrested (taken into police custody). - adjective For which one can be
arrested (taken into police custody).
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Before offences where defined as arrestable and non-arrestable.
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