Garnishment
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
garnishment
: a remedial device used by a creditor to have property of the debtor or money owed to the debtor that is in the possession of a third party attached to pay the debt to the creditor
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: attachment of the debtor's wages to satisfy a judgment compare wage assignment at assignment
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