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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 770 ILCS 30/9

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
     If the plaintiff recovers judgment in such action, enforcement shall be had thereon in the same manner and with the like effect as upon judgments entered in actions commenced by attachment, and the horse, mule, ox or other animal upon which the plaintiff holds such lien shall not be exempt from enforcement, but may be sold to satisfy such judgment in the manner hereinafter provided.