Writ of Attachment

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Writ of Attachment

An order by a court to seize an asset. A writ of attachment may be issued if one has been convicted of fraud or some other crime that requires the relinquishment of property. It may also be used while a case is pending in order to freeze the assets of the accused.

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The United States District Court held that due to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, the writ of attachment was impermissible.

United States quickly shuts door to Cuba in most recent jurisdictional FSIA case

Megatel moved to quash the writ of attachment because of potential double liability, the sovereign immunity of Nicaragua, and the district court's lack of jurisdiction.

Third Circuit dismisses appeal of order that quashed garnishment against third party that owes money to Nicaragua because district court decision was non-final under 28 U.S.C. Section 1291

124) After Flatow's earlier writ of attachment for "`all credits held by the United States to the benefit of [Iran],' including U.

The empty pot at the end of the rainbow: confronting "hollow-rights legislation" after Flatow

Case obtained a writ of attachment to seize the logs in the mill yard, with the intention of stopping operations until Wright paid his taxes.

Aral's double murder

The anti-graft court Second Division released its fourth report dated March 18 on the preliminary writ of attachment to place on hold Corona's estate, real and personal properties, as well as cash on bank with total worth of P130.

Corona's garnished money in P130-M forfeiture case: P15,000

Courts today will not allow a Writ of Attachment to be issued to a creditor whose security is worth less than the amount owed, if the creditor failed to obtain sufficient collateral in the beginning.

Secured creditors must be very careful in choosing their collateral

These rights include not only the rights that the Hegnas had already exercised at the time of relinquishment, the rights to obtain a writ of attachment on judgment and to have a marshal levy against the property under that writ, but also rights of 'execution' that the Hegnas had not yet exercised, such as the rights to proceed under that writ of attachment on judgment and, eventually, to have the property sold by the marshals and to receive the proceeds of that sale.

Fourth Circuit affirms quashing of writs of attachment against Iran under newly enacted Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) because plaintiffs had already accepted compensation under Victims Protection Act (VPA)

The writ of attachment establishes the company's legal interest in its assets and also helps to establish priority over other claimants to those funds.

See you in court

98 cash in the bank accounts of Corona and his wife, according to its three reports on the preliminary writ of attachment to put on hold Corona's estate, real and personal properties, as well as cash on bank with total worth of P130.

Ombudsman goes after Corona's PSBank accounts

When the business failure does not involve a bankruptcy filing, a vendor's prejudgment remedies, such as a writ of attachment or replevin, generally are not successful as the goods of which have already been disposed.