Garnishment

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A legal proceeding in which a plaintiff seeks the satisfaction of a debt by obtaining a judgment that directs a third party in possession of the property of the defendant to make it available to satisfy the judgment.
  • noun. A court order directing a third party to make such property available.
  • noun. A decoration or ornamentation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which garnishes; ornament; embellishment.
  • noun. In law, warning; notice given in course of proceedings at law to a third person who should be brought in or have opportunity to come in as a party.
  • noun. A fee. See garnish, n., 5.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Ornament; embellishment; decoration.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.
  • noun. Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.
  • noun. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
  • Word Usage
    "Lewis, with Roetzel & Andress law firm, attempted to seize money from the developer's bank accounts, through a legal tactic known as garnishment, to get the money owed to Lopez, Chaparro and Rodriguez-Storer."
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