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attachment or tax attachment

English translation: a right to deduct from an asset, in the second case specifically for payment of taxes due.

10:10 Jun 15, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
English term or phrase: attachment or tax attachment
"Encumbrance" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, right of set-off, right of retention, attachment or tax attachment, or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
perekladach
Local time: 22:55
Selected answer:a right to deduct from an asset, in the second case specifically for payment of taxes due.
Explanation:
I'm no law expert, but that is how I understand it.
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Jack Doughty
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Local time: 20:55
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3 +3a right to deduct from an asset, in the second case specifically for payment of taxes due.
Jack Doughty
3liability or tax liability
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a right to deduct from an asset, in the second case specifically for payment of taxes due.


Explanation:
I'm no law expert, but that is how I understand it.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
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agree  airmailrpl: -
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agree  Elena Aleksandrova
56 mins
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agree  Alexander Demyanov
6 hrs
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neutral  Polangmar: Sorry, this seems highly incorrect. // Before I consulted my dictionary I couldn't understand what you meant (I had too strong associations with the term "tax-deductible"; and a bailiff doesn't deduct, he makes/effects/executes/conducts a seizure:(.
2 days 13 hrs
  -> Your answer may be better than mine but the meaning is much the same.
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liability or tax liability


Explanation:
OK

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Polangmar: Not quite - it's not a security interest - see my answer.
2 days 9 hrs
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