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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-2401

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

1. "Party" means any plaintiff or defendant in any civil action, in any superior or justice court of this state.

2. "Property" means any present or future interest in wages, real estate, goods, chattels or choses in action whether such interest is vested or contingent.

3. "Provisional remedy" means the remedies of attachment, garnishment or replevin, but shall not include garnishment of wages.