West Virginia Code 38-5-17 – Failure of person suggested to answer
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If any person suggested, summoned as provided in this article, fails to answer, the court may either compel the person to answer, or hear proof of the matters required by section fifteen of this article to be disclosed by the person's answer, concerning any debt or liability due by the person to, or personal property in the person's possession or under the person's control of, the judgment debtor at the time of service of the summons, and make the orders in relation thereto as if what is so proved had appeared in the person's answer.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 38-5-17
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.