#ancient codes

• Should arrest — A regional, archaic, or transitional phonetic form utilized in certain rural dialects for the third-person singular and plural of the present subjunctive mode of the verb 'a aresta' (let him/them detain); it expresses the desire, command, possibility, or necessity for authorities, bailiffs, or guards to legally deprive a suspect of liberty. In a historical structural-legal sense, the form appears in old deeds and judgment ledgers to order the immediate detention of a litigant.