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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Malicious \Ma*li"cious\, a. [Of. malicius F. malicieux fr L. malitiosus See {Malice}.] 1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity. I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name --Shak. 2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will dictated by malice; as a malicious report; malicious mischief. 3. (Law)With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as a malicious act {Malicious abandonment}, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause --Burrill. {Malicious mischief} (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; -- an offense at common law. --Wharton. {Malicious prosecution} or {arrest} (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause --Bouvier. Syn: Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign. -- {Ma*li"cious*ly}, adv -- {Ma*li"cious*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrest \Ar*rest"\, v. i. To tarry; to rest. [Obs.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrest \Ar*rest"\, n. [OE. arest, arrest, OF arest, F. arr[^e]t, fr arester. See {Arrest}, v. t., {Arr?t}.] 1. The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as an arrest of development. As the arrest of the air showeth --Bacon. 2. (Law) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also a decree, mandate, or warrant. William . . . ordered him to be put under arrest. --Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras which he in brief, obeys. --Shak. Note: An arrest may be made by seizing or touching the body; but it is sufficient in the party be within the power of the officer and submit to the arrest. In Admiralty law, and in old English practice, the term is applied to the seizure of property. 3. Any seizure by power, physical or moral. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arrest \Ar*rest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arrested}; p. pr & vb n. {Arresting}.] [OE. aresten OF arester, F. arr[^e]ter, fr LL arrestare L. ad + restare to remain, stop; re + stare to stand See {Rest} remainder.] 1. To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of as to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. --Philips. 2. (Law) To take seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as to arrest one for debt, or for a crime. Note: After this word Shakespeare uses of (``I arrest thee of high treason'') or on the modern usage is for 3. To seize on and fix; to hold to catch; as to arrest the eyes or attention. --Buckminster. 4. To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate. [Obs.] We may arrest our thoughts upon the divine mercies. --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To obstruct; delay; detain; check; hinder; stop; apprehend; seize; lay hold of From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arrest n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {catch}, {collar}, {pinch}, {taking into custody}] 2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire stay in his room" [syn: {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop}, {stoppage}] 3: the act of stopping (usually stopping motion); "the heart was in arrest"; "war caused a check in the company's growth"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" [syn: {check}, {stay}] v 1: take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}] 2: hold back as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement" [syn: {check}, {turn back}, {stop}, {contain}, {hold back}] 3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: {catch}, {get}] 4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ARREST, v.t. Formally to detain one accused of unusualness. God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh _The Unauthorized Version_
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