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Record 1 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
OBS

writ: a document issued out of a court in the name of Her Majesty, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or forbear from doing some act.

OBS

attachment: the seizure of property for the purpose of placing it in the control of the court. ... Sometimes the term is used in the sense of the attachment of debts, and when so used the phrase means the legal process by which debts due or to become due to a debtor by other persons are seized for the benefit of the judgment creditor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos jurídicos
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
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