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Judgment Creditor
When a lawsuit comes to an end by the judgement in the court by the judge or jury, the party who wins the trial where money is owed to them , is said to be the judgement creditor.

Judgment Creditor
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judgment creditor
n. the winning plaintiff in a lawsuit to whom the court decides the defendant owes money. A judgment creditor can use various means to collect the judgment.

judgment creditor - The party in whose favor a judgment has been rendered.
judgment debtor - The party against whom a judgment has been rendered.

judgment creditor, debtor A judgment creditor is a party in a civil suit who has received a favorable decision and has been awarded money or property, payable to him by the judgment debtor.

Judgment creditor
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: a creditor who has a money judgment entered against the debtor and may enforce the judgment (as by attachment or writ of execution)
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Judgment Creditor One in favor of whom the Court has issued judgment finding the judgment debtor to owe money. Judgment Debtor One against whom the Court has issued judgment finding he owes the judgment creditor money.

satisfaction of judgment - A document such as an execution enforced by the judgment creditor and indicating that the judgment has been paid.

CHARGING ORDER, in English la w, an order obtained from a court or judge by a judgment creditor under the Judgment Acts 1838 and 1840, ...

a document signed by a judgment creditor (the party owed the money judgment) stating that the full amount due on the judgment has been paid.

Garnishee: Person who owes a third party a debt which is attached by court order for the benefit of a judgment creditor.

A written summary of a court judgment stating how much money the losing defendant (the judgment debtor) owes to the person who won (the judgment creditor), the rate of interest to be paid on the judgment amount, court costs, ...

Judgment CreditorIn civil cases, a person who is owed money under a court judgment or order. The term "recipient" is used in support enforcement cases.Judgment DebtorIn civil cases, a person who owes money under a court judgment or order.

Garnishee: An insurance company, bank, employer or others upon whom a judgment creditor has placed a Writ of Garnishment because that person or entity holds assets due the original debtor.

and assignee, and in every other person who has an interest in, or a legal or equitable lien upon the lands; and therefore a tenant in dower, a jointress, a tenant by the curtesy, a remainder-man and a reversioner, a judgment creditor, ...

A court-ordered method of debt collection in which a portion of a person's salary is paid to a creditor. Often used to collect child support payments. The process by which a judgment creditor seizes money, which is owed to his judgment debtor, ...