Important Legal Definitions

A formal statutory request issued by the court that passed a decree to another court within whose local jurisdiction the judgment debtor's property is situated, commanding the recipient court to attach the property immediately for a period of up to two months pending formal execution.

The High Court of Bombay passes a money decree against a company whose manufacturing plants are located in Raigad; the Bombay court issues a precept under Section 46 CPC to the District Court at Alibag directing the immediate attachment of the factory premises.