Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 770 ILCS 100/8

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
     If judgment in such action is entered in favor of the plaintiff, enforcement of the judgment may be had in the same manner and with the like effect as upon judgments entered in actions commenced by attachment and the mare or jennet or progeny thereof, or both, upon which the plaintiff holds such lien shall not be exempt from enforcement but may be sold to satisfy such judgment in the manner hereinafter provided.