Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 9535 – Form of distress warrant
The distress warrant to be used for levy on a referee’s goods and chattels shall be in the following form:
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 9535
- dollars: means lawful money of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
” County, ss. The State of Delaware,
To any constable, greeting:
Whereas, C. D. of has been adjudged by E. F., one of our justices of the peace, to be guilty of a contempt in making default, after due summons as a referee, in a case pending before said justice, and has been ordered to pay a fine of five dollars in pursuance of the Act of Assembly in such case provided; and whereas, the said C. D. has neglected to pay the said sum:
We therefore command you to levy the said sum of five dollars, with costs and your costs hereon, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said C. D., upon due notice given, as upon other execution process.
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