| 单词 | personal diligence |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspersonal diligence personal diligence n. Scots Law (now rare) a process for enforcing the payment of a debt, etc.: (a) by imprisonment of the debtor (as opposed to confiscation of property); (b) by confiscation of the debtor's movables (as opposed to confiscation of real or heritable estate). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > attachment of person or property for debt arresting1424 restc1500 diligence1568 personal diligence1700 personal executiona1768 1700 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1846) III. 177 A reductione of a bond doth hinder personall diligence in a civile cace. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iii. §24 The power of staying the execution of personal diligence might, if abused, greatly impair the right competent to creditors for the recovery of their debts. 1886 H. Goudy Law of Bankruptcy 644 By the Debtors' Act, 1880, and the Civil Imprisonment Act, 1882, personal diligence has been, with a few unimportant exceptions, altogether abolished. 1996 Sc. Law Times (Lexis) 16 Mar. The court..would not be able to intervene ex proprio motu, and in advance, to prevent imprisonment proceeding upon a personal diligence initiated by the pursuer. < as lemmas |
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