Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
writ of garnishment — See garnishment … Ballentine's law dictionary
garnishment bonds — A bond required in obtaining a garnishment as a provisional remedy, the condition of which is that the plaintiff shall pay the costs and damages which the defendant may sustain if the writ has been sued out wrongfully. 6 Am J2d Attach § 518. A… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Writ of Attachment — A form of prejudgment process in which a court orders the attachment or seizure of property specifically described in the writ. The property is seized and maintained in the custody of a designated official, who is usually a U.S. Marshal or law… … Investment dictionary
garnishment — Synonyms and related words: adjunct, adornment, angary, annexation, annexure, arrangement, attachment, certiorari, citation, collectivization, color, color patterns, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, decor, decoration,… … Moby Thesaurus
dissolution of attachment or garnishment — The termination of an attachment or garnishment upon the happening of certain events or contingencies after the levy, upon the entry or receipt of security, or as the result of some act or proceeding taken for the express purpose of defeating or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
TVT Records — Infobox record label name = TVT Records image bg = parent = founded = 1985 founder = Steve Gottlieb defunct = distributor = TVT Distribution genre = Various country = United States location = New York City, New York url =… … Wikipedia
debt — A common law action for the recovery of a fixed and definite sum of money or for a sum of money which can be ascertained from fixed data by computation or is capable of being readily reduced to certainty. 1 Am J2d Actions § 20; that which is… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Collection of judgments in Virginia — The collection of judgments in Virginia may be accomplished under a number of routes provided under Virginia law, depending on the amount of the judgment and the particular assets that the judgment creditor wishes to pursue. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… … Black's law dictionary
attachment — I (act of affixing) noun adjunction, affixation, annexation, annexion, attaching, binding, bond, cohesion, confixation, conjunction, connection, fastening, fixing, insertion, joinder, joining, junction, ligation, nexus, subjunction, that which… … Law dictionary
