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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judgments-enforcement-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-144",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/226",
  "legislation_title": "Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
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  "path": "article/144",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Property in custody of Office exempt from distress",
  "text": "Any property which is or is deemed to be in the custody and possession of the Office under this Order shall not, so long as it is in such custody and possession, be liable to seizure by way of distress under any other statutory provision or by virtue of the common law, except with the consent in writing of the Office.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/226/article/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:20.705084+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}