A lien obtained by judgment, levy, sequestration, or other legal or equitable process or proceeding. • If a debtor is adjudged to owe money to a creditor and the judgment has not been satisfied, the creditor can ask the court to impose a lien on specific property owned and possessed by the debtor. After the […]
abstract of judgment. A copy or summary of a judgment that, when filed with the appropriate public office, creates a lien on the judgment debtor’s nonexempt property. See judgment lien under LIEN. [Cases: Judgment 768(1).C.J.S. Judgments §§ 559–561, 568.]
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A lien secured on a particular thing by a contract or by a judgment, execution, attachment, or other legal proceeding.
involuntary lien 不以当事人意思而设立的留置权；法定留置权 指无须所有人同意即在财产上设定的留置权，如税务扣押权、判决留置权等；与必须经所有人同意才能设定的抵押留置权不同。 (→lien; tax lien; judgment lien; mortgage 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.
Civil law. A judgment lien created by a recorded legal judgment. [Cases: Judgment 752–766. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 551–553, 555–560, 562, 566.]
terre-tenant (tair ten-[schwa]nt). 1. One who has actual possession of land; the occupant of land. 2. One who has an interest in a judgment debtor’s land after the judgment creditor’s lien has attached to the land (such as a subsequent purchaser). — Also spelled tertenant (t[schwa]r-ten-[schwa]nt). — Also termed land-tenant. [Cases: Judgment 793, 794. C.J.S.
office. 1. A position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. one conferred by a governmental authority for a public purpose (the office of attorney general). [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.] 2. (often cap.) A division of the U.S. government ranking immediately below a department (the
warrant of attorney. 1. POWER OF ATTORNEY(1). 2. Archaic. Written authority given by a client to a lawyer to appear in court and to confess judgment in favor of a specified party. • It usu. instructed the attorney not to bring any action, seek a writ of error, or file a bill in equity that
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