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this farther difference, that arrest pro- 

 ceeds out of an inferior court by precept 

 only, and an attachment out of a higher 

 court, either by precept or writ. 



An attachment by writ differs from dis- 

 tress, insomuch that an attachment does 

 not extend to lands, as a distress does ; 

 and a distress does not touch the body, as 

 an attachment does. 



In the common acceptation, an attach- 

 ment is the apprehension of a man's body, 

 to bring- him to answer the action of the 

 plaintiff. 



ATTACHMENT out of the chancery is ob- 

 tained upon an affidavit made, that the 

 defendant was served with a subpoena, 

 and made no appearance ; or it issueth 

 upon not performing- some order or de- 

 cree. Upon the return of this attachment 

 by the sheriff, quod non est inventus in bal- 

 Kva sua, another attachment, with a pro- 

 clamation, issues; and if he appears not 

 thereupon, a commission of rebellion. 



ATTACHMENT out of the forest, is one of 

 the three courts held in the forest. The 

 lowest court is called the court of attach- 

 ment, or wood-mote court: the mean, 

 swan-mote : and the highest, the justice 

 in the eyre's seat. 



This attachment is by three means ; by 

 goods and chattels, by body, pledges, 

 and mainprize, or the body only. This 

 court is held every forty days throughout 

 the year, whence it is called forty -days 

 court. 



ATTACHMENT of privilege, is by virtue of 

 a man's privilege to call another to that 

 court whereto he himself belongs, and in 

 respect whereof he is privileged to an- 

 swer some action. 



ATTACHMENT, foreign, is an attachment 

 of money or goods, found within a liberty 

 or city, to satisfy some creditor within 

 such liberty or city. 



By the custom of London and several 

 other places, a man can attach money or 

 goods in the hands of a stranger, to satisfy 

 himself. 



ATTAINDER, in law, is when a man 

 has committed felony or treason, and sen- 

 tence is passed upon him for the same. 

 The children of a person attainted of 

 treason are, thereby, rendered incapable 

 of being heirs to him, or to any other an- 

 cestor; and if he were noble before, his 

 posterity are degraded and made base : 

 nor can this corruption of blood be salved 

 but by an act of parliament, unless the 

 sentence be reversed by a writ of error. 



ATTAINDER, bill of, a bill brought into 

 parliament, for attainting, condemning, 

 and executing a person for high-treason. 



ATTAINT, in law, a writ which lies 



against a jury that have given a false ver- 

 dict in any court of record, in a real or 

 personal action, where the debt or da- 

 mages amount to above forty shillings. 



If the verdict be found false, the judg- 

 ment by common law was, that the jurors' 

 meadows should be ploughed up, their 

 houses broken down, their woods grub- 

 bed up, all their lands and tenements for- 

 feited, &c. but by statute the severity of 

 the common law is mitigated, where a 

 petty jury is attainted, and there is a pe- 

 cuniary penalty appointed. 



But if the verdict be affirmed, such 

 plaintiff' shall be imprisoned and fined. 



ATTELABUS, in natural history, a 

 genus of insects of the order Coleoptera. 

 Head attenuated behind ; antennae thick- 

 ening towards the tip ; moniliform. 



Of the genus Attelabus one of the prin- 

 cipal species is the Attelabus coryli of 

 Linnaeus, which is a smallish insect, found 

 chiefly on hazel trees, and is black, with 

 red wing-sheaths; and a variety some- 

 times occurs, in which the thorax is red 

 also ; it usually measures about a quarter 

 of an inch in length. A much smaller 

 species is the Attelabus betulse, which is 

 found on the birch ; it is entirely of a 

 black colour, and is remarkable for gnaw- 

 ing the leaves of that tree, during the ear- 

 ly part of spring, in such a manner that 

 they appear notched on the edges. The 

 thighs of the hind legs in this insect are 

 of a remarkable thickened form. The 

 larvae of the attelabi do not seem to have 

 been distinctly described, but they pro- 

 bably bear a resemblance to those of the 

 genus Curculio. Linnaeus refers to the 

 genus attelabus some insects, which by 

 later entomologists have been otherwise 

 arranged : among these is the elegant spe- 

 cies called Attelabus apiarius, so named 

 from the mischief which its larva occa- 

 sionally commits among bee-hives, de- 

 stroying the young of those insects. It 

 is about three-quarters of an inch in 

 length, and of a beautiful violet black, 

 with red wing-shells, marked by three 

 black transverse bands. The whole in- 

 sect is also covered with fine short black 

 hair. It is common in some parts of 

 France, Germany, &c. Its larva above 

 mentioned is of a bright red colour. 

 There are 13 species. 



ATTENDANT, in law, one that owes 

 duty or service to another, or in some 

 manner depends upon him, as a widow, 

 endowed of lands by a guardian, shall be 

 attendant upon him. 



ATTESTATION, in military affairs, is 

 a certificate made by some justice of the 

 peace, within four days after the etilist- 



