Legal Definitions - arrestee

Definition: An arrestee is a person who has been taken into custody by legal authority, meaning they have been arrested. In Scots law, an arrestee is also someone who holds property that has been attached by arrestment.

• After the police caught the suspect, he became an arrestee and was taken to the station for questioning.
• In Scotland, if a person owes money and fails to pay, their property can be seized by arrestment. The person who owns the property becomes an arrestee.

The first example illustrates the first part of the definition, where an arrestee is someone who has been taken into custody by legal authority. The second example shows the second part of the definition, where an arrestee is someone who holds property that has been seized by arrestment in Scots law.