ATTACHMENT

In Law, a proce i uing in a summary manner from a court of record against the person of any one guilty of a contempt of its rules. Attachment is most commonly granted against attorneys for malpractice, against sheriffs for making a false or no return to a writ, and against any parties neglecting to pay costs when ruled to do so. Foreign Attachment. Under the custom of the city of London, whenever proce for debt from the mayor or sheriffs' court is returned nihil, the plaintiff may, upon its appearing that a third person is indebted to the defendant, obtain satisfaction of his claim by attaching the debt. This is called foreign attachment. ATTAINDER, [s. 117]