Prejudgment attachment: provisional security in case of a non-paying party Prejudgment attachment can be seen as a preservative, temporary form of attachment. Prejudgment attachment can serve to ensure that the debtor does not get rid of his goods before the creditor can seek actual redress through seizure under a writ of execution, for which a judge must grant a writ of execution. Contrary to what is often thought, prejudgment attachment namely does not lead to immediate satisfaction of the claim. […]