attachment lien

A lien on property seized by prejudgment attachment.

• Such a lien is initially inchoate but becomes final and perfected upon entry of a judgment for the attaching creditor and relates back to the date when the lien first arose.

— Also termed lien of attachment. See ATTACHMENT. [Cases: Attachment 177; Federal Civil Procedure 589. C.J.S. Attachment §§ 203–205.]

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