Comparative law notes
"Penhora" is the seizure of the debtor's property AFTER a final judgment has been issued in favor of the judgment creditor. The purpose of a "penhora" is to seize property the value of which is sufficient to cover the amount owed to the judgment creditor. To highlight the fact that a "penhora" takes place AFTER the final judgment (and as a means to enforce the judgment), one might place the word "post judgment" before it and translate it as a "post judgment attachment".