Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

The term "attachment" denotes a procedure which attaches or freezes a debtor's movable property which is in the hands of a third party and prevents the third party from passing on possession of the property. The most common use of attachments is in relation to bank accounts: the attachment of a bank account prevents the bank of disposing of the funds in accordance with the debtor's instructions. (parliament.uk)