n. The act of attaching; specifically, in law, a taking of the person, goods, or estate by a writ or precept in a civil action, to secure a debt or demand, or to compel to appear in court, or to punish for contempt.n. The writ or process directing the person or estate of a person to be taken, for the purposes above stated.n. The act or state of being attached, fastened on, or connected.n. Close adherence or affection; regard; any passion or affection that binds a person to another person or to a thing.n. That which attaches one thing to another, or a person to an object: as, the attachments of a muscle; the attachments of home.n. That which is attached to a principal object; an adjunct: as, the æolian attachment to the piano; an attachment to a sewing-machine.