Reattachment

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A second attachment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty. Reg. Grig. 35.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An attachment of a defendant’s person following a release from a prior one in the same action.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A second attachment of him who has formerly attached and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty. Reg. Orig. 35.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A second attachment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the Justices or some such casualty. Reg. Orig. 35.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A second attachment, or an attachment of a person who has been previously attached, and has been dismissed the court without day, from the happening of some casual circumstance. Cowel.