APPREHEND: To arrest, seize.
APPROACH THE BENCH: During course of trial, attorneys of both plaintiff and defendant discuss with the judge some matter of the trial, not discussed in public.
Apprehend
Definition - Transitive Verb
[Latin apprehendere to seize, arrest, from ad to + prehendere to seize]
: See also arrest
Pronunciation"a-pr&-'hend ...
someone apprehended for contempt of court, on the basis of a writ by the court is said to be attached if he is not taken to a person of higher power but is kept with the party attached, according to the exigency of his writ, ...
He may therefore apprehend a supposed offender without a warrant, as treason, felony, breach of the peace, and for some misdemeanors less than felony, when committed in his view.
For Jean Guillaumin, the object in psychoanalysis is postulated and targeted through the insistence of the drive but never actually given: We apprehend it as such only through our sense of that aspect of it which remains concealed to us.
A bill quia timet, is one which is filed when a person is entitled to property of a personal nature after another's death, and has reason to apprehend it may be destroyed by the present possessor; ...
ATTACHMENT- The act or process of taking, apprehending, or seizing persons or property, by virtue of a writ, summons, or other judicial order, and bringing the same into the custody of the law; ...
The offender may be instantly apprehended and without further proof or examination fined or sent to prison.
He, taking a broomstick, rode after, overtook and stopped them, and they were afterwards apprehended, he catching hold of Harman's bridle; but as Davis was riding away, his horse threw him, and he was also apprehended.
Thus, a witness must possess the sensory faculties needed to apprehend the facts reported and must not be considered mentally ill or incompetent.
from Latin for "possible force," the power of the law enforcement officer to call upon any able- bodied adult men (and presumably women) in the county to assist him in apprehending a criminal. The assembled group is called a posse for short.
Temporary Care and Custody Hearing In child protection cases, a hearing that may be held to determine who will have care and custody of a child who has been apprehended by the children's aid society until a final order is made in the case.
 See also: Law, Person, Court, Information, Will
  
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