Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:26-8

  • 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.
The attachment shall bind the attached goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects of defendant attached from the time of its execution. The attached property, unless released, shall, during the pendency of the action, remain as security for any judgment which may be entered in the action.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.