ARRESTO FACTO SUPER BONIS MERCATORUM ALIENIGENORUM

arresto facto super bonis mercatorum alienigenorum ([schwa]-res-toh fak-toh s [y]oo-p[schwa]r boh-nis m[schwa]r-k[schwa]-tor-[schwa]m ay-lee-ee-nI-j[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m or al-ee-). [Latin “seizure of the goods of foreign merchants”] Hist. A writ to seize the goods of an alien, taken in recompense of goods taken from an English subject living abroad.