The application may be in form substantially as follows:

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 52-305

  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

To …., a judge of the court for the ….:

The application of C.D. of …., in the judicial district of …., shows that he is defendant in a certain action demanding …. dollars, debt (or damages), wherein A.B. of …. is plaintiff; in which action, the following estate has been attached, to wit: …. by E.F. (insert the name of the officer), of …. and that he is desirous that said attachment should be dissolved upon the substitution of a bond with surety or upon the substitution of a lien on other property belonging to the defendant, according to the statute.

Dated at …. the …. day of …., 20…

C.D.