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Judgment-debtor summons

Judgment-debtor summons. The (English) Bank-ruptcy Act, 1861, ss. 76-85, provided for

Judgment-debtor

Judgment-debtor, means any person against whom a decree has been passed

judgment debtor

judgment debtor : one who is obligated to pay a debt or

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lien

is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and securing payment of … created in a security agreement against property owned by the debtor at the time of the agreement's creation as well as

Attachment of debts

creditor the debt due from him (the garnishee) to the judgment debtor or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy

creditor

a lien or other security interest called also unsecured creditor judgment creditor : a creditor who has a money judgment entered … a person to whom money or goods are due compare debtor, obligor general creditor : a creditor who is not secured

judgment

judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision … lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an

levy

writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor's possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2 : an amount … make a seizure of real or personal property in a judgment debtor's possession [they might as a last resort on his merchandise

Elegit

seize all the chattels and half the land of the judgment debtor in specie until judgment satisfied. The writ of elegit was

proceeding

proceeding : a proceeding to discover the assets of a judgment debtor ;also : a proceeding that in some way supplements another

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