| 单词 | attach |
| 释义 | at·tach vb [Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake] vt 1: to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property compare garnish, levy ◇ A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff. 2: to join or make a part of affidavits ~ ed to the suit — Rosalind Resnick 3: to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties see also security interest at interest 1 compare perfect vi: to become effective: as a: to come into existence as a security interest from the date the interest ~ es b: to become operative esp. as a right the right to counsel ~ es only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings — United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984) see also jeopardy at·tach·able adj at·tach·ment n |
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