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Garnishee

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Garnishee, a debtor who has been warned to pay his debt not to his own creditor but to some third party who has obtained a final judgment against the creditor. The order thus arresting the debt in the hands of the debtor is called a 'garnishee order.' See (English) R.S.C., Ord. XLV. See ATTACHMENT LESS OF DEBTS; FOREIGN ATTACHMENT.

A person or constitution (Such as bank) that is intended to or is bailee for another whose property has been subjected to garnishment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 689.

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