Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Term: ATTACH
Definition: When you attach something, you connect it to something else. For example, you can attach a picture to an email or attach a document to a message. In legal terms, attaching means taking someone's property as a way to pay off a debt they owe. It can also mean that something becomes part of something else, like when a risk or danger becomes connected to a situation.
Definition: To annex, bind, or fasten. To take or seize under legal authority. To become attributed; to adhere.
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The first example illustrates attaching a physical object to another. The second example illustrates the legal action of seizing assets. The third example illustrates the concept of something becoming attributed or adhering to a situation.