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Delaware Statutes

§ 4702 — Time of binding lands

Delaware § 4702
JurisdictionDelaware
Title10
PartProcedure
Ch. 47JUDGMENTS
Subch.Lien of Judgments

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Del. Code tit. 10, § 4702 (2026).

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A judgment shall bind lands only from the time of actually entering or signing it, and not by relation from the first day of the term in or of which it is entered.

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Legislative History

Code 1852, § 2396; Code 1915, § 4282; Code 1935, § 4754; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 4702

Nearby Sections

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§ 4701
Definitions
§ 4702
Time of binding lands
§ 4703
Time entry of judgment upon verdict is effective
§ 4704
Ascertaining amount of judgment; time of entry
§ 4705
Priority of judgments entered same day
§ 4706
Entry during term; docket date
§ 4707
Justice of the peace and Court of Common Pleas judgments
§ 4708
Supreme Court judgments
§ 4709
Prothonotary to enter Supreme Court judgment
§ 4710
Effect of Supreme Court judgment
§ 4711
Time limitation of judgment lien; extension of time
§ 4712
Effect of extension; subsequent renewals
§ 4713
Seizure of real estate by execution after losing lien
§ 4714
Revived judgment as lien on real estate
§ 4715
Scire facias for extension of lien
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