Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 8755 – Penalty for removing attached property from County
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Whoever, without the consent of the plaintiff in any writ of attachment issued under the provisions of this subchapter, secretes, destroys or removes from the county any property seized under a writ of attachment issued under this subchapter, shall be fined in a sum equal to the value of the property secreted, destroyed or removed and shall also be imprisoned not more than 1 year.
Code 1915, § ?1157; 33 Del. Laws, c. 82, § ?7; Code 1935, § ?1353; 9 Del. C. 1953, § ?8755;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 8755
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302