Judgment debt

Definition
: a debt established by a judgment and enforceable by a legal process (as an execution of judgment or attachment)
c  : a state of owing <in ~>
d  : the aggregate of money owed <the national ~>
2  : the common-law action for the recovery of a specified sum of money or a sum that can be simply and certainly determined
compare assumpsit covenant



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in personam jurisdiction

the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment


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