When any legacy or distributive share due or which may become due from the estate of a deceased person is attached, the attachment shall not continue unless demand is made of the garnishee upon the execution within sixty days after the rendition of the judgment, or within sixty days after the time when, if such attachment had not been made, it would have become the duty of the executor or administrator, in the settlement of the estate, to deliver to the defendant the legacy or distributive share to which he is entitled.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 52-390

  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
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