Attachment
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The term attachment has multiple meanings:
- An e-mail attachment
- Psychological attachment: see Attachment theory
- Attachment as a cause of suffering in some Eastern religions; see Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism.
- A means of collecting a legal judgment by levying on property in the possession of a third party.
- In some states in the United States including California, prejudgment attachment is a procedure which allows a creditor to levy upon and sometimes seize assets of a defendant prior to judgment as part of the litigation process; see prejudgment attachment.
- A part of most vacuum cleaners which allows them to reach otherwise inaccessible places.
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