equitable levy
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 237 - Miller v. Sherry · 1864Most cited · 91 citing opinions
The filing of a creditor's bill and the service of process creates a lien in equity upon the effects of the judgment debtor. It has been aptly termed an 'equitable levy.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The lien in equity created by the filing of a creditors' bili to subject real property of the debtor, and of a lis pendens, is sometimes so calied. Miller v. Sherry, 2 Wall. 249, 17 L. Ed. 827 ; Mandeville v. Campbell, 45 App. Div. 512, 61 N. Y. Supp. 443; George v. Railroad Ca. (G. C.) 44 Fed. 120.
Defined under Levy in Black's Law Dictionary.