DMBM681120 - Ordinary Cause: What is arrestment
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Where a third party owes the defender money you can instruct the sheriff officer to lodge an arrestment in the hands of that third party (the arrestee). This prevents the arrestee from releasing these funds to the defender, or in the case of an earnings arrestment, requires the defender바카라 사이트™s employer to
- make deductions from the defender바카라 사이트™s net earnings and
- send the sums deducted to you.
Many debts owing to the defender can be 바카라 사이트śattached바카라 사이트ť in this way but in practice you will mainly use arrestment to obtain money from a defender바카라 사이트™s earnings or money held in a bank/building society account.