species of foreign attachment; that which a creditor, by the permission of the president of a tribunal of first instance or a juge de paiz, may exercise, without preliminary process, upon the effects, found within the commune where he lives, belonging to his foreign debtor. Dall Dict.—Saisie-gagerie. A conservatory act 0 execution, by which the owner or principal lessor of a house or farm causes the furniture of the house or farm leased, and on which he has a lien, to be seized; similar to the distress of the common law. Dalloz, Dict.—S o= biliére. The proceeding by which a creditor places under the hand of justice (custody of the law) the immovable property of his debtor, in order that the same may be sold, and that he may obtain payment of his debt out of the proceeds. Dalloz, Dict.