Definitions of garnishment [ˈgɑr nɪʃ mənt]

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Definition of 'garnishment'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) garnishment
Law.

2.  garnishment
a warning served on a third party to hold wages, property, etc., belonging to a debtor.

3.  garnishment
a summons to such a party to appear in court and give testimony in litigation between the debtor and a creditor.

4.  garnishment
decoration.

Etymology: (1540–50)

Definition of 'garnishment'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) garnishment
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

Definition of 'garnishment'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) garnishment
ornament; embellishment; decoration

2. (noun) garnishment
warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter

3. (noun) garnishment
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

4. (noun) garnishment
a fee. See Garnish, n., 4

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