Priorities between executions against goods and chattels of same person issued on same day

N.J. Stat. § 2A:17-12
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If 2 or more writs of execution shall be delivered against the goods and chattels of the same person on the same day, the one first delivered shall be first executed and satisfied; provided, however, that if one of any such writs derives from a court order for suitable support and maintenance of a wife, child or children it shall be first executed and satisfied, notwithstanding the prior delivery on the same day of any other such writ of execution. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1969, c. 292, s. 1, eff. Jan. 15, 1970.
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