Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Attach

ub. 1. To annex, bind, or fasten <attach the exhibit to the pleading>. 2. To take or seize under legal authority <attach the debtor's assets>. 3. To become attributed; to adhere <jeopardy attaches when the jury is sworn?.

Attache

n. A person who serves as a technical adviser to an embasy.

Attachiamenta bonorum

n. [law latin] hist. A distress taken on goods and chattels by bailiffs, as security to answer an action for debt.

Attachiamentum

n. [law latin] an attachment. Pl. Attachiamenta.

Attaching creditor

see creditor.

Attachment bond

see bond (2).

Attachment lien

see lien

Attachment of earnings

see attachment of wages under attachment (1).

Attachment of risk

the point when the risk of loss of purchased goods passes from the seller to the buyer. Ucc § 2-509.

Attachment of wages

the attachment by a plaintiff of a defendant's earnings as an employee. ( in some jurisdictions, an attachment-of-earnings order requires the defendant's employer to deduct a specified sum from the defendant's wages or salary and to pay the money into court. The court then sends the money to the plaintiff. - also termed attachment of earnings. Cf. Garnishment.

Attachment. 1. The seizing of a person's property to secure a judgment or to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment. - also termed (in civil law) provisional seizure. Cf. Garnishment; sequestration (1)

Court of Attachments

Hist. An inferior forest court with jurisdiction over trespasses of the royal forests. ( The judges of this court (the uerderers) met every 40 days to hear charges made by the royal foresters. Major trespass cases were heard by the justices in eyre. - Also termed wood-mote. See VERDERER.

Provisional attachment

a prejudgment attachment in which the debtor's property is seized so that if the creditor ultimately prevails, the creditor will be assured of recovering on the judgment through the sale of the seized property. ( ordinarily, a hearing must be held before the attachment takes place, and most courts require the creditor to post a bond for any damages that result from the seizure (esp. If the creditor ultimately loses in the lawsuit). The arrest of a person who either is in contempt of court or is to be held as security for the payment of a judgment. 3. A writ ordering legal seizure of property (esp. To satisfy a creditor's claim) or of a person. - also termed writ of attachment .ancillary attachment. An attachment that results in seizure and holding of property pending a resolution of the plaintiff's claim. 4. The creation of a security interest in property, occurring when the debtor agrees to the security, receives value from the secured party, and obtains rights in the collateral. Ucc § 9-203. Cf. Perfection. 5. The act of affixing or connecting; something (as a document) that is affixed or connected to something else.

ancillary attachment

see attachment (3).

attaching creditor

A creditor who has caused an attachment to be issued and levied on the debtor's property.

attachment bond.

A bond that a defendant gives to recover attached property. 0 The plaintiff then looks to the bond issuer to satisfy a judgment against the defendant.

attachment lien

A lien on property seized by prejudgment attachment. ( Such a lien is initially inchoate but becomes final and perfected upon entry of a judgment for the attaching creditor and relates back to the date when the lien first arose. - Also termed lien of attachment. See ATTACHMENT.

certificate of holder of attached property

A certificate given by a person who holds - but does not own - property attached by a sheriff; the certificate sets forth the holder's interest in the, property.

lien of attachment

See attachment lien under LIEN.

ordo attachiamentorum

[Law Latin] Hist. The order of attachments.

process by foreign attachment

See FACTORIZING PROCESS.

provisional attachment

See ATTACHMENT (1).

real, adj. 1. Of or relating to thnings( such as. lands and buildings) that are fixed or immovable <real property> <a real action>. 2. Civil law. Of, relating to, or attached to a thing (whether movab

solemnitas attachiamentorum

[Law Latin] Hist. The formality required in issuing attachments of property.