wrongful act — I noun breach, breach of legal duty, civil wrong, contravention, delinquency, dereliction, dereliction of duty, guilty act, illegality, impropriety, injustice, malefaction, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdoing, misfeasance,… … Law dictionary
levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… … Law dictionary
wrongful — Injurious, heedless, unjust, reckless, unfair; it implies the infringement of some right, and may result from disobedience to lawful authority. Buhler v. Marrujo, 86 N.M. 399, 524 P.2d 1015, 1019. See also tort @ wrongful abuse of process See… … Black's law dictionary
wrongful execution — An actionable wrong predicated upon irregular procedure, irregularity in the judgment upon which the writ was obtained, the doing of an act outside the authority conferred by the writ, an improper seizure of property, a wrongful sale, or the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
wrongful attachment — Wrongfully obtaining or tortiously employing an order for, or writ, of attachment, as where no ground for attachment exists, where property of the defendant not liable to attachment is seized, or where property of a third person is seized as that … Ballentine's law dictionary
levy at the risk of the plaintiff — An endorsement upon the writ of execution by the execution officer meaning, not only that the execution creditor has agreed to indemnify the execution officer for a wrongful levy, but also that the property may be left with the execution debtor… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Levy v. Louisiana — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Levy v. Louisiana ArgueDate = March 27 ArgueYear = 1968 DecideDate = May 20 DecideYear = 1968 FullName = Louise Levy, Administratrix v. Louisiana through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Board of… … Wikipedia
wrongful distress — A distress which is unlawful and actionable, as where there was no rent in arrears, or where acts rendering the landlord a trespasser ab initio are committed in making the levy, or where a second distress is barred by a prior distress, or where… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Northwestern University School of Law — Motto Quaecumque sunt vera (Latin) Ὁ Λόγος πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας Ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias (Greek) Whatsoever things are true (Philippians 4:8 AV) The word full of grace and truth ( … Wikipedia
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