Attach

Definition - Verb
[Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake]
1  : to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property
compare garnish levy
A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff.
2  : to join or make a part of <affidavits ~ed to the suit ­Rosalind Resnick>
3  : to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties
see also security interest at interest
compare perfect
: to become effective: as
a  : to come into existence as a security interest <from the date the interest ~es>
b  : to become operative esp. as a right <the right to counsel ~es only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings ­United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)>
see also jeopardy



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