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garnishee

garnishee : a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor vt -eed -ee·ing : garnish

trustee process

trustee process : the process of attachment by garnishment used esp. in the northeastern U.S.

garnishor

garnishor : a creditor who brings a garnishment proceeding against a garnishee

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assignment

wages are transferred to another party (as a creditor) before the wages are paid to the employee compare garnishment

Garnishee

(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.

Foreign Attachment

that another person within the city is a debtor to the defendant in any sum, he shall have garnishment against him to warn him to come in and answer whether he be indebted in the manner alleged;

Attachment, Foreign

his continued default, of obtaining the goods or property in satisfaction of the demand. It is also called garnishment. As to the custom prevailing in the City of London, see FOREIGN ATTACHMENT and consult Brandon on For.

Garnishee

One who is garnished a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor such person holding property belonging to

attach

directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property compare garnish, levy NOTE: A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose

levy

violations "National Law Journal"] 2 : to enforce or carry into effect (a writ of execution) compare attach, garnish vi : to enforce a writ of execution or attachment ;specif : to make a seizure of real

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