judgment creditor

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

From 345 U.S. 361 - United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc. · 1953Most cited · 800 citing opinions

Congress used the words 'judgment creditor' in § 3672 in the usual, conventional sense of a judgment of a court of record, since all states have such courts.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who is entitled to enforce a judgment by execution {q. v.). The owner of an unsatisfied judgment.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A creditor who has secured a judgment for the amount of the debt against his debtor.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Creditor, Judgment.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who is entitled to enforce a judgment by execution, (q. v.) The owner of an unsatisfied judgment.

Defined under Judgment in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One who is entitled to enforce a judgment by execution, (¢. v-) The owner of an unsatisfied judgment.