writ of attachment

A writ of attachment is a court order to "attach" or seize an asset.

The writ of attachment is issued in order to satisfy a judgment issued by the court.

Williams accused him of welching on the deal, and signed a writ of attachment.

A writ of attachment permits the arrest of a person or the seizure of private property.

A prejudgment writ of attachment may be used to freeze assets of a defendant while a legal action is pending.

James N. Thayer, Gibraltar's chairman, said the company took the action to dissolve a writ of attachment on its assets.

A writ of attachment is filed to secure debt or claim of the creditor in the event that a judgment is rendered.

I am the sheriff of the court in Windhoek, and I have here a writ of attachment over all the assets of the company.

However, unlike a TRO, a prejudgment writ of attachment provides a source of financial recovery for a plaintiff.

A United States marshal went to Fort McHenry to serve the writ of attachment, but - not surprisingly - he returned empty-handed.

Common grounds for obtaining a prejudgment writ of attachment are that a defendant has committed fraud or that a defendant is prepared to hide assets from a court.

In turn, the plaintiff might then attempt to recover the difference between the policy limits and the actual judgment by obtaining writs of attachment or execution against the insured's assets.

Church officials said that they had been trying to negotiate payments but after several suits were filed and writs of attachment were granted the church had to declare bankruptcy.

Usually, a plaintiff seeking a prejudgment writ of attachment must post a surety bond of up to two times the amount of the damages claimed by the plaintiff.

The article told of numerous writs of attachments filed against MCCHGMMC due to over $6000 in unpaid wages.

In 1952, Lee filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Apache County, Arizona and obtained a writ of attachment for sheep belonging to Williams.

That April, Voorhees filed a writ of attachment against Jackalow for unpaid attorney's fees, and the Leetes' executors were said to be contemplating similar action.

In November of 1596 two writs of attachment, similar to modern restraining orders, were issued to the sheriff of Surrey, the shire in which Southwark is located.

Prejudgment attachment or Prejudgment writ of attachment allows recovery of money damages by levying a security interest on the property of the party paying money damages.

Taney reacted by issuing a writ of attachment for Cadwalader, which ordered a U.S. Marshal to seize him and bring him before the court the following day.

Rejections of candidates by the Provost continued, fueling discontent among the Fellows, until a writ of attachment against the Bishop of Lincoln was heard between 1724 and 1726.

In this context, a prejudgment writ of attachment functions much like a temporary restraining order (TRO), which preserves the status quo pending a final resolution of the dispute.

The Court issued a writ of attachment against Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, the commanding officer at Sarcee Barracks in Calgary, for failure to comply with the order to produce the conscripts.

There are deeds of trust, mortgages, certificates of release, transfers, judgments, foreclosures, writs of attachment, orders of sale, tax liens, petitions for letters of administration, and decrees of distribution.

The writ of mandamus is appropriate to compel surrender of documents in the possession of attorneys or other persons which have been illegally obtained under the abuse of a writ of attachment.