ARREST OF JUDGMENT is the name of a motion made after verdict in the criminal courts of England, for acquittal on the ground that there is a blunder in the indictment. There was formerly a similar application in the common law courts, but this is now by appeal from the order of the judge to enter the verdict. See JUDGMENT.
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 449
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