Which procedure allows a plaintiff to secure rights over a defendant's property?

The procedure that allows a plaintiff to secure rights over a defendant's property is known as attachment. This legal process involves a court ordering the seizure of a defendant's property to secure the satisfaction of a potential judgment. It is typically used when there is a concern that the defendant may dispose of or hide their assets, making it difficult for the plaintiff to collect on a future judgment. By attaching the property, the plaintiff gains a level of priority over that asset, ensuring that they may be able to satisfy a judgment should they win the case.

Injunctions, while they are a court-issued order to do or refrain from doing a specific act, do not confer any rights over property in the way that attachment does. Foreclosure specifically pertains to the legal process by which a lender can recover the amount owed on a defaulted loan by selling the property used as collateral, but it does not relate directly to a plaintiff securing rights over a defendant's property as a matter of preemptive claim. Summary judgment refers to a procedural device used to swiftly resolve a case without a trial where there is no genuine dispute of material fact, but again, it does not specifically provide a mechanism for securing rights over property.