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arrestable, a.|əˈrɛstəb(ə)l|
[a. OF. a(r)restable, f. a(r)rester: see arrest v. and -able.]
a. Liable to be arrested.
1555Fardle Facions i. v. 71 The body was not arrestable. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. iv. vi. III. 266 Explaining withal who the Arrestable and suspect specially are. 1883Autobiog. Sir A. Alison II. xvii. 248 The wages were only arrestable.
b. transf. In Law, applied to an offence which renders the offender liable to summary arrest.
19657th Rep. Criminal Law Revision Comm. 24 in Parl. Papers 1964–65 XVIII. 865 The powers of summary arrest conferred by the following subsections shall apply to offences for which the sentence is fixed by law or for which a person may under or by virtue of any enactment be sentenced for a term of five years, and to attempts to commit any such offence; and in this Act (including any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment) ‘arrestable offence’ means any such offence or attempt. 1977C. Brandreth Parking Law 10 The only parking offence which of itself is arrestable is ‘wilful obstruction’. 1984Times 4 Dec. 9/4 Although the defendant had undoubtedly committed an offence of failing to give full particulars, that was not an arrestable offence. |