The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arrestation \Ar`res*ta"tion\, n. [F. arrestation, LL.
   arrestatio.]
   Arrest. [R.]
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         The arrestation of the English resident in France was
         decreed by the National Convention.      --H. M.
                                                  Williams.
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