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Unarrestit, p.p. Also: une-arrestit. [Late ME and e.m.E. vnarestid (c1400), unarrested (1533); Arrest v. 2.] Not arrested, without being arrested or confiscated. — 1432 Acts II 21/2.
[If] the deid doar eschaip vnarrestit fra the alderman & the officiaris of the towne 1475 Aberd. B. Rec. I 34.
The saide Johne his landis and gudis quhatsomeuer to be vncompellit, vndistrengeit, vnarrestit, vnvexit and vndistrublit be ony juge spirituale or temporal 1498 Reg. Privy S. I 34/2.
All his men … to be une-sumond, une-attechit, une-arrestit, in his or thairis persoun or gudis 1527 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 377.
To be vnhurt … vnarrestit vnattachit vnfolowit vnpersewit vnvexit and vndistrublit in thair personis landis or gudis 1546–7 Reg. Privy S. III 332/1.