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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A process by virtue of which the property of an absent and non-resident debtor is seiz^ for the purpose of compelling an appearance, and, in default of that, to pay the claim of the plaintiff.

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