Business Sales Inc.'s debt to Cartage Company is past due. Cartage brings a legal action against Business Sales to collect. To ensure that a judgment in the creditor's favor will be collectible once the court issues its judgment, Cartage asks the court to order the seizure of the debtor's property. This is a request for
A) an artisan's lien.
B) a mechanic's lien.
C) a writ of attachment.
D) a writ of execution.

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A writ of attachment is a court order to seize a debtor's property before a judgment is issued to ensure that the property will be available to satisfy the judgment.