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judgment creating a lien

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From 283 U.S. 318 - Straton v. New · 1931Most cited · 807 citing opinions

A judgment or decree in enforcement of an otherwise valid preexisting lien is not the judgment denounced by the statute, which is plainly confined to judgments creating liens.