judgment for recovery

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• judgment lien — An encumbrance that arises by law when a judgment for the recovery of money is docketed and that attaches to the debtor s real estate located in the county where the judgment is docketed. A lien binding the real estate of a judgment debtor, in… …   Black's law dictionary

• judgment lien — An encumbrance that arises by law when a judgment for the recovery of money is docketed and that attaches to the debtor s real estate located in the county where the judgment is docketed. A lien binding the real estate of a judgment debtor, in… …   Black's law dictionary

• recovery — re·cov·ery /ri kə və rē/ n pl er·ies 1: the act, process, or fact of recovering 2 a: the obtaining, getting back, or vindication of a right or property by judgment or decree; esp: the obtaining of damages b: an amount awarded by or collected as a …   Law dictionary

• Recovery — Re*cov er*y (r?*k?v ?r*?), n. 1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. [1913 Webster] 2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc. [1913 Webster] 3 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• recovery — In its most extensive sense, the restoration or vindication of a right existing in a person, by the formal judgment or decree of a competent court, at his instance and suit, or the obtaining, by such judgment, of some right or property which has… …   Black's law dictionary

• recompense of recovery in value — Judgment for the demandant in a common recovery where the vouchee has disappeared, being for the recovery of lands of equal value. 2 Bl Comm 358 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• judgment debt — A monetary obligation which is either evidenced by a written record, or brought about by successful legal action against the debtor. A debt, whether on simple contract or by specialty, for the recovery of which judgment has been entered, either… …   Black's law dictionary

• judgment debt — A monetary obligation which is either evidenced by a written record, or brought about by successful legal action against the debtor. A debt, whether on simple contract or by specialty, for the recovery of which judgment has been entered, either… …   Black's law dictionary

• recovery — /ri kuv euh ree/, n., pl. recoveries. 1. an act of recovering. 2. the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away. 3. restoration or return to health from sickness. 4. restoration or return to any former and better state …   Universalium

• IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT — IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, the imprisonment of a debtor who fails to pay his debt on or before the date due. Prevalence in Other Legal Systems Influenced by Roman law (see execution civil law), imprisonment for debt was the most common means of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Common recovery — Recovery Re*cov er*y (r?*k?v ?r*?), n. 1. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession. [1913 Webster] 2. Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English