noun. A party who is in possession of money or property of a debtor and has been notified by a court or other legal body that that money or property must be made available to satisfy a monetary judgment to the party owed by the debtor.

transitive verb. To garnish.

In law, to stop in the hands of a third person, by legal process (money due or property belonging to the plaintiff's debtor), in order to require it to be paid over to plaintiff in satisfaction of his demand: as, to garnishee the wages of a debtor, or his bank account.

noun. In law, a person warned, at the suit of a creditor plaintiff, not to pay money which he owes to, or deliver over property which belongs to, the defendant, because he is indebted to the plaintiff.

noun. 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 the debtor, or owing him money.

transitive verb. To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.

transitive verb. To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

noun. the person whose money is garnished

verb. the act of attaching the property sought to be secured.

noun. a wage earner who is served with a garnishment

verb. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

"LIMITED RECOURSE Contracts for federal student loans stipulate severe penalties and are virtually unbreakable, forgiven only in death, not bankruptcy, and enforced by severe measures, such as garnishee and other legal sanctions, with little recourse."

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