What is ARREST OF JUDGMENT? Definition of ARREST OF JUDGMENT in Black's Law Dictionary
The act of staying a judgment, or refusing . to render judgment in -an action at law and in criminal cases, after verdict, for some matter intrinsic appearing on the face of the record, which. would render the judgment, if -given, erroneous or reversible. 3 Bl. Comm. 393; 3 Steph.Comm. 628; 2 Tidd, Pr. 918; Speer v. Pierce, 18 Tenn.App. 351, 77 S.W.2d 77, 78; State v. Ferguson, 165 Tenn. 61, 52 S.W.2d 140.
It is the fact that a motion in arrest of judgment is based on some defect on the face of the record or pleadings which aids in distinguishing it from a motion for a new trial. Maddox Coffee Co. v. McHan, 22 Ga.App. 198, 95 S. E. 736. It differs also from a motion to set aside a judgment, in that a motion in arrest of judgment must be made during the term when the judgment was rendered. Love v. National Liberty Ins. Co., 157 Ga. 259, 121 S.E. 648, 650. A motion in arrest of judgment is practically a demurrer, People v. Cordosco, 77 Cal.App. 780, 246 P. 461, 462, and has been abolished in some jurisdictions. State v. Sharp, Mo.Sup., 300 S.W. 501.
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