noun.
The act of attaching; specifically, in law, a taking of the person, goods, or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, to secure a debt or demand, or to compel to appear in court, or to punish for contempt.
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The writ or process directing the person or estate of a person to be taken, for the purposes above stated.
noun.
The act or state of being attached, fastened on, or connected.
noun.
Close adherence or affection; regard; any passion or affection that binds a person to another person or to a thing.
noun.
That which attaches one thing to another, or a person to an object: as, the attachments of a muscle; the attachments of home.
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That which is attached to a principal object; an adjunct: as, the æolian attachment to the piano; an attachment to a sewing-machine.