levying officer

Definition of "levying officer"
  1. A sheriff or marshal authorized through a legal document to claim a debtor's property to satisfy a judgment
How to use "levying officer" in a sentence
  1. The levying officer was dispatched to seize assets from the debtor's business.
  2. Without a levying officer, the creditor had no means of collecting their debt.
  3. The debtor was distressed when the levying officer arrived, ready to claim property.

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