stop 1 vb stopped, stop·ping
vt
1: to cause to halt
stopped payment
2: to subject to a legal stop
vi: to cease activity or motion
stop 2 n: an act or instance of stopping; specif: a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion see also terry stop compare arrest
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.