judgment debt
noun[C]
LAW(UKalsojudgement debt)ukusasumofmoneythat acourtoflawhasorderedacompanyorpersontopay
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Only once he has paid thejudgmentdebtas security will the debtor be able to enter into the merits of the case.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The demand to satisfy thejudgmentdebtmust be made of the debtor, or of his duly authorised agent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, one consideration in deciding the appropriate course is the relative amounts ofjudgmentdebt, tax due outside judgment and sums attachable.
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We propose that the tribunal shall be able to award compound interest and simple interest at rates other than thejudgmentdebtrate.
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There are no plans to re-establish the practice where ajudgmentdebtwas required to be paid into court and not to the plaintiff.
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The maximum compensation payable to the chief in respect of an entire family is under £3 sterling, and is treated as an ordinaryjudgmentdebt.
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The only way in which one can claim interest, unless it happens to be provided for in the contract, is by obtaining ajudgmentdebt.
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Reasonable facilities are afforded to a debtor to satisfy ajudgmentdebt.
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It is the settlement of ajudgmentdebt.
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The council obtained judgment, but it was not possible to enforce it because no one on whom thejudgmentdebtcould be enforced could be identified.
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