Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 3904 – Suits and judgments by and against unincorporated associations
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An unincorporated association of persons, including a partnership, using a common name may sue and be sued in such common name and a judgment recovered therein shall be a lien like other judgments, and may be executed upon by levy, seizure and sale of the personal and real estate of such association, and also that of the persons composing such association in the same manner with respect to them as if they had been made parties defendant by their individual names. Satisfaction thereof may also be obtained by attachment process.
13 Del. Laws, c. 32, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?4198; Code 1935, § ?4676; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?3904; 59 Del. Laws, c. 104, § ?2;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 3904
- 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.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.