Definition of Judgment lien

1. Noun. Lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale.

Generic synonyms: Lien

Lexicographical Neighbors of Judgment Lien

judgeships
judgest
judgeth
judging
judgingly
judgmatic
judgmatical
judgmatically
judgment
judgment by default
judgment call
judgment calls
judgment day
judgment in personam
judgment in rem
judgment lien (current term)
judgment of Solomon
judgment of conviction
judgment of dismissal
judgment on the merits
judgment on the pleadings
judgment proof
judgmental
judgmentalism
judgmentally
judgmentless
judgments
judgship
judicable
judication

Literary usage of Judgment lien

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The bolder of a judgment lien upon real estate, ... The entry of a judgment upon the judgment lien docket in the office of the clerk of the .county court ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"177*] [»judgment lien. Local Law. ... purchased under it.1 For the general effect of a judgment lien, he cited the authorities in the margin. ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"judgment lien, Creation of Where the Sale is Made in Another Suit.—If the holder of a judgment is made a party defendant to a suit to foreclose a mortgage ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"... hold true in regard to the parallel supposed to exist between a judgment lien and a mortgage lien. While a judgment lien is general, a mortgage lien is ..."

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