Statement of financial affairs - A series of questions the debtor must answer in writing concerning sources of income, transfers of property, lawsuits by creditors, etc. (There is an official form a debtor must use.)⏎
Wage garnishment - A nonbankruptcy legal proceeding whereby a plaintiff or creditor seeks to subject to his or her claim the future wages of a debtor. In other words, the creditor seeks to have part of the debtor's future wages paid to the creditor for a debt owed to the creditor.⏎
Toll - See statute of limitations.⏎
Sequester - To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.⏎
Service of process - The delivery of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.⏎