attachment
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8.4
- noun
- /əˈtæʧmənt/
- Formal
- To enforce the judgment, the lawyer filed an attachment against the defendant's assets.
Examples
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In many instances, these situations arise after a formal charge has been filed, and the attachment of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is not at issue.
Academic text (2017) -
Legal attachment to collect for the credit.
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With a writ of attachment.
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I'm to take up this attachment unless you've got money.
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In the meantime, wrongful arrest claims are often found in cases of prejudgment attachment in Korea.
Academic text (2017) -
Finally, there have been several district court rulings that have also recognized pre-indictment attachment, specifically in the context of pre-indictment plea negotiations.
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It gets pretty tough sometimes dodging Apaches when you have to... serve writs of attachment on outlying ranches and mines and sawmills.
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The court issued a writ of attachment to seize the debtor's property in order to satisfy the judgment.
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After winning the lawsuit, the plaintiff was granted an attachment to secure payment from the defendant's bank account.
Synonyms
1
9.9
The legal taking of someone's property to get money they owe
An order to take someone's property to pay a debt
Antonyms
How Complete
- Specialized
7
8.0
14
5.4
- Formal
1
9.4
- Formal
1
8.4
- Specialized
29
9.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Attachment comes from attach meaning 'to fasten' and -ment, and in law it means property is 'fastened' to a court order so it can be taken to pay a debt, which is why an attachment is a legal seizure of assets.