Garnish - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition garnish

Definition :

Garnish, to warn; see 27 Eliz. c. 3. Also money paid (illegally) by a prisoner on his going to prison. Also to attach a debt. See next title.

To serve an heir with notice of contain debts that must be paid before person is entitled to receive property as an heir, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 689.