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Liability of judge refusing attachment

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-17, Liability of judge refusing attachment, North Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-18, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1308645
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Liability of judge refusing attachment. If any judge willfully refuses to grant the writ of attachment, as provided for in G.S. 17-16, he shall be liable to impeachment, and moreover shall forfeit to the party aggrieved twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500). (1870-1, c. 221, s. 2; Code, s. 1638; Rev., s. 1835; C.S., s. 2219.)