to attach

Examples

• All

• This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

  Aliens (1986)

• I'm told there are still nearly three thousand assets attached to the property.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The covenant is attached to the deed, and it transfers with the property.

  Academic text (1998)

• What value did the Chippewa attach to the land they had relinquished?

  Academic text (1997)

• Smaller plants, conversely, have much less uncertainty attached to their financing.

  Academic text (2011)

• Access to and consolidation of water rights are attached to all types of non-water-related rights and duties.

  Academic text (2008)

• Under CERCLA, liability attaches to owners regardless of their responsibility for contaminating the property.

  Academic text (1998)

• Remnants of imported cotton cloth that display an imitation splash-resist technique are still attached to the basketry support.

  Academic text (2000)

• The court decided to attach the property to the lawsuit as a security for any potential claims.

• Before the case could proceed, they needed to attach the necessary legal documents to the claim.

Synonyms

S

to seize

vsto attach

• Formal

156 4.6

To take something using legal power, often for a short time

is specifically used to hold property as security for a legal claim

C

to confiscate

vsto attach

154 5.5

To take something away from someone because of the law or as a punishment

is instead used to take property to secure a legal claim rather than to punish

I

to impound

vsto attach

38 7.2

To take and keep something by law, often cars or goods

is aimed at holding items to secure a legal claim rather than for evidence

S

to sequester

vsto attach

• Formal

3 8.6

To take official control of property for a time by court order

is used to hold property as security for a legal claim rather than by court order alone

Antonyms

R

to return

∞ 1.0

Give something back to its owner or the place it came from

R

to release

• Formal

69 2.6

To give up a right, claim, or ownership of something

Phrasal Verbs

A

to attach to

169 2.7

To be connected with a person, thing, or event

How Seized

confiscate

6.9

to sequester

• Formal

3 8.6

to impound

38 7.2

to attach

• Formal

50 7.1

freeze

• Formal

37 6.2

Surface Forms

Etymology