A writ of attachment is a court order to "attach" or seize an asset. It is issued by a court to a law enforcement officer or sheriff. The writ of attachment...

prerogative writs, subpoenas, and certiorari are common types of writs, but many forms exist and have existed. In its earliest form, a writ was simply...

Prejudgment writ of attachment allows recovery of money damages by levying a security interest on the property of the party paying money damages. A writ of attachment...

expert has opined that Judge Spath's issuance of the writ of attachment against Gill was a clear violation of the "Non-Detention Act," 18 U.S.C. § 4001(a)...

so cancelled the match. Williams accused him of skipping out on the deal, and signed a writ of attachment. Ted was held as security, and later released...

injunctions. In the United States, prejudgment attachment has long served a similar function. A writ of attachment allows a court to seize a defendant's property...

capture [him] in order for him to reply") is or was a writ issued by a court to the sheriff of a particular county to bring the defendant, having failed...

the American Civil War. It was a test of the authority of the President to suspend "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus" under the Constitution's...

joint tenants of a house in Blackfriars, London. Berisford died while in debt to Peter Semayne. Semayne then secured a civil writ of attachment on Berisford's...

Internal Revenue Service. Landlord Southwest Securities also filed a writ of attachment, seeking $393,000 in back rent from the resort's operators. The Marina...

A writ of prohibition is a writ directing a subordinate to stop doing something the law prohibits. This writ is often issued by a superior court to the...

the Trustees of the University of Vermont secured a writ of attachment on his title to the town of Plainfield to try to extract payment of his original...

to be made), is a writ of execution after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages for the sheriff to levy on goods of the judgment debtor...

in a pending suit to claim property in the custody of the marshal by virtue of a writ of attachment issued therein, a judgment dismissing his intervention...

Bishop of Lincoln. The provost continued to reject candidates, fuelling discontent among the fellows, until a writ of attachment against the Bishop of Lincoln...

16, 1959, for the first time in its history, after Aronoff filed a writ of attachment against the resort, in an attempt to recover nearly $400,000 that...

parties. In 1957, a few months after the opening, Kozloff filed a writ of attachment against the Hacienda, alleging that he was owed $71,000 from a loan...

was crumbling around me." The attorneys of prisoner A. G. Moore suggested that Pearson issue a writ of attachment to a county sheriff to arrest Kirk, but...

In English law, a writ of scire facias (Latin, meaning literally "make known") is a writ founded upon some judicial record directing the sheriff to make...

other persons that have been illegally obtained under the abuse of a writ of attachment. Mandamus can vacate an order to produce books and papers. In an...

issue of a valid writ of execution; the attachment of the judgment debtor's property by the sheriff, unless the debtor pays the amount of the writ and costs;...

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with their creditors. However, after receiving several lawsuits and writs of attachment, the Crystal Cathedral Ministries was forced to file for bankruptcy...

states when the person is an employee or appointee of a governmental unit the writ is called a Writ of Sequestration. These are processed by the courts...

Shakespeare had been drawn into this feud and had even had a writ of attachment, a form of restraining order, taken out against him by Gardiner's stepson...

injunctive relief, writs of attachment Landlord and Tenant Branch – processes cases filed for possession of real property or violations of lease agreements...

plaintiff may attempt to recover the remaining balance of the judgment by enforcing writs of attachment or execution against the insured's valuable assets...

more on prejudgment writs of attachment, preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders, which have a more limited scope of application. Although...

Angeles Superior Court granted the Times a $4.2 million writ of attachment to secure the ability of the Times to enforce a possible judgment in its favor...