Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

what is a jugdment?

what is a judgment?


Asked on 6/26/07, 6:02 am

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John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: what is a jugdment?

A judgment is a ruling in favor of one party and against another party. Most commonly it refers to a money judgment which is a decision that one party owes another party money. It operates as a lien upon property owned by the party that is in debt to the other. It may be enforced by taking the property that the debtor owns through a writ of execution.

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Answered on 6/27/07, 10:42 am


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