offense committed by a bailee (particularly a carrier) in opening or unpacking the chest, parcel, or case containi goods intrusted to his care, and removing the goods and converting them to his own use—Breaking doors. Forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, 40 that a person may enter.—Breaking jail. The act of a prisoner in effecting his escape from a place of lawful confinement. Eecape, while denoting the offense of the prisoner in unlawfully leaving the jail, may also connote the fault or negligence of the sheriff or keeper, and hence is of wider significance than “breaking jail” or “prison-breach.’—Bre zg of are restment. In Scotch law. The contempt of the law committed by an arrestee who disregards the arrestment used in his hands, and pays the sum or delivers the goods arrested to the debtor. The breaker is liable to the arrester in damages. See ARRESTMENT.