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garnishment

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 ;specif : attachment of the debtor's wages to satisfy a judgment compare wage assignment at assignment ...

garnishment of wages

garnishment of wages Taking or seizing the amount owing pursuant to a child support order or other order, directly from the employee's wages ...

writ of garnishment

writ of garnishment a means of enforcing a judgment in which the defendant's property (e.g., a bank account, wages, or any debt owed to the defendant by someone else) is to be seized and is in the hands of a third person . Source: Federal Judicial Center ...

Garnishment

Garnishment, warning or notice, as not to pay money, etc., see previous title....

Garnish

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....

Garnisher

One who or that which garnishes...

garnish

garnish [Anglo-French garniss-, stem of garnir to garnish, give legal summons, warn, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warnōn to take heed] 1 : to subject (property or money) to garnishment 2 : to seek satisfaction of (a debt) through garnishment compare attach, levy ...

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