In Scotch law. Secur-ing a criminal's person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security judicio sisti. The order of a judge, by which he who is debtor in a movable obligation to the arrester’s debt-or is prohibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester be paid or secured. Ersk. Inst. 3, 6, 2
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
