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What (who) is garnishment$30945$ - definition
AMERICAN LEGAL PROCESS FOR COLLECTING A MONETARY JUDGMENT DIRECTLY FROM A DEBTOR'S WAGES OR ASSETS
Garnishee order; Garnishee Order; Wage garnishment; Garnishee; Wage assignment; Garnish (debt); Wage garnishing; Wage execution; Wage garnishments; Garnishments
garnishment
n. the entire process of petitioning for and getting a court order directing a person or entity (garnishee) to hold funds they owe to someone who allegedly is in debt to another person, often after a judgment has been rendered. Usually the actual amounts owed have not been figured out or are to be paid by installments directly or through the sheriff.
See also: garnish garnishee
garnishee
n. a person or entity, quite often a bank or employer, which receives a court order not to release funds held for or owed to a customer or employee, pending further order of the court.
See also: garnish garnishment
Garnishee
·vt To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to Garnish.
II. Garnishee ·vt To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to Trustee.
III. Garnishee ·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.
Wikipedia
Garnishment
Garnishment is a legal process for collecting a monetary judgment on behalf of a plaintiff from a defendant. Garnishment allows the plaintiff (the "garnishor") to take the money or property of the debtor from the person or institution that holds that property (the "garnishee"). A similar legal mechanism called execution allows the seizure of money or property held directly by the debtor.
Some jurisdictions may allow for garnishment by a tax agency without the need to first obtain a judgment or other court order.
