Meaning of GARNISHMENT
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gar"nish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement
protection, guarantee, warning.]
1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. --Sir H. Wotton.
2. (Law)
(a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give
information to the court on any matter.
(b) 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.
3. A fee. See {Garnish}, n., 4.
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| | Definition: | | A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money, in the possession of another (called the garnishee) is applied to the debts of the debtor, such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages. |
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| | Related Terms: | | adjunct, adornment, angary, annexation, annexure, arrangement, attachment, certiorari, citation, collectivization, color, color patterns, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, decor, decoration, distraint, distress, elaboration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, eminent domain, execution, expropriation, flourish, flower arrangement, furniture arrangement, garnish, garniture, habeas corpus, illumination, impoundment, impressment, levy, monition, nationalization, ornament, ornamentation, right of angary, sequestration, socialization, subpoena, summons, trim, trimming, venire, venire de novo, venire facias, window dressing, writ of summons |
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