(Attache') Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister within the meaning of the Act of April 30, 1790, s. 37, 1 Story's L. U. S. 89, which protects from violence the person of an ambassador or other public minister. … [Read more...]

In English law. Terms, (usually mortgages,) for a long period of years, which are created or kept outstanding for the purpose of attending or waiting upon and protecting the inheritance. 1 Steph. Comm. 351. A phrase used in conveyancing to denote estates which are kept alive, after the objects for which they were originally created have ceased, so that they might be deemed … [Read more...]

A person attached to the suite of an ambassador or to a foreign legation. … [Read more...]

Latin: He attempts. In the civil and canon law. Anything wrongfully innovated or attempted in a suit by an inferior judge, (or judge a quo,) pending an appeal. 1 Addams, 22, note; Shelf. Mar. & Div. 562. … [Read more...]

Connected to another. Usually refers to real estate or buildings that are connected and physically touching each other or sharing a common wall. May also refer to frozen accounts or property, see attachment of property. … [Read more...]