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An attachment is a provisional court order that places a debtor's assets — bank accounts, real estate, vehicles, shares, goods — under the court's control so that they cannot be sold or transferred pending the determination of a debt claim. UAE law recognises two categories: preventive attachment, obtained before judgment to secure a claim against the risk of dissipation, which requires an urgent application and normally a bank guarantee; and executory attachment, obtained after final judgment to enforce payment, which is granted as of right through the Execution Court. Attached property remains the debtor's, but is legally frozen; its proceeds on sale are distributed in the order of statutory priorities. Improper attachment exposes the claimant to compensation for damages caused.