attachment
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a means of securing; a fastening |
| 2. | ( |
| 3. | an object to be attached, esp a supplementary part: an attachment for an electric drill |
| 4. | the act of attaching or the state of being attached |
| 5. | a. the arrest of a person for disobedience to a court order |
| b. the lawful seizure of property and placing of it under control of a court | |
| c. a writ authorizing such arrest or seizure | |
| 6. | law the binding of a debt in the hands of a garnishee until its disposition has been decided by the court |
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attachment
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attachment
in U.S. law, a writ issuing from a court of law to seize the person or property of a defendant. In several of the older states in the United States, attachments against property are issued at the commencement of suits in order to secure any judgment that may be entered for the plaintiff. In other states, attachments before a judgment are issued only against the property of nonresidents or upon specific statutory grounds relating to fraud or the like. In such cases, the plaintiff is commonly required to post an indemnity bond. An attachment may also be issued after a judgment, the term frequently being used to designate a levy upon a bank account, wages, or other intangible assets of the debtor. See also garnishment.
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