Attachment: seizure or restraint of property to secure satisfaction of a judgment and prevent disposition. Attachment is the judicial process of seizing or restraining a person's or property's custody by writ or order to secure satisfaction of a judgment, serving to secure the creditor's claim and to prevent transfer or disposition of assets. It functions both to compel appearance and to preserve assets for eventual enforcement, and its availability, scope and duration are governed by statute and subject to further court orders.