writ of attachment

English

Noun

writ of attachment (plural writs of attachment)

  1. (law) Synonym of attachment.
    • 1799, John Wentworth, A Complete System of Pleading‎, J. Moore, page 126:
      Writ of attachment of contempt against an attorney, with note
    • 2006, Robert Force, Y. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies, Admiralty and Maritime Law, volume 2, Beard Books, →ISBN, page 235:
      Such knowledge was evidenced by the affidavit attached to the complaint to be delivered to the Marshal's office with the writ of attachment.
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