attach

1 :  to fasten or join one thing to another The boy attached a bell to his bicycle.

2 :  to bind by feelings of affection … Marty's got awful attached to that dog … — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

3 :  to think of as belonging to something Attach no importance to his remark.

1 :  to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property — compare garnish, levy Editor's note: A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff.

2 :  to join or make a part of affidavits attached to the suit — Rosalind Resnick

3 :  to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties — see also security interest at interest 1 — compare perfect

:  to become effective: as a :  to come into existence as a security interest from the date the interest attaches b :  to become operative especially as a right the right to counsel attaches only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings — United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984) — see also jeopardy