attachment definition

attachment

Office: Document affixed to another document.

Computing: Computer (binary) file (such as a graphics, photograph, spreadsheet, or a voice recording) transmitted together with an email.

Insurance: Inclusion or exclusion of perils and locations covered in a basic policy. See also endorsement and rider.

Law: (1) Process of taking a person's property (such as cash, goods, and most commonly earnings) into legal custody on a court order (called writ of attachment) issued in favor of a claimant or creditor. (2) Creditor's security interest in a property accepted as collateral for a debt, created when the debtor receives value in exchange and acquires right of redemption.

attachment is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Corporate, Commercial, & General Law, Documentation & Recordkeeping, General, Marine, & Life Insurance and Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subjects.

attachment appears in the definitions of the following terms: alienation of benefits, writ of attachment, lease schedule, endorsement, judgment lien, mortgage clause, statement of work (SOW), digital certificate (DC), ATAPI and duplexer

attachment appears in the other terms: attachment point, attachment of risk

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