When any debt due or which may become due from the estate of a deceased person which is settled as an insolvent estate, or from the estate of any insolvent debtor, is attached, the attachment lien 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 report of the commissioners allowing the claim of the defendant has been returned to and accepted by the Court of Probate; or, if an appeal has been allowed on such claim, within sixty days after the final allowance of such claim.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 52-391

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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.
  • Probate: Proving a will
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