Attachment of earnings
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Attachment of earnings
Attachment of earnings is a
legal process
in
civil litigation
by which a
defendant
's wages or other earnings are taken to pay for a
debt
. This
collections
process is used in the
common law
system, especially
Britain
and the
United States
, but in other legal regimes as well.Ballentine's Law Dictionary notes that this process is not literal, whereby a "person's property is figuratively brought into the court."The
earnings
seized may be
wages
, certain benefits, or
sales
commissions
.
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Attachment of earnings
An order that directs an employer of a debtor to deduct regularly an amount, fixed by the Court, from the debtor's earnings and pay that sum into Court
By
Her Majesty's Courts Service
. Published under Crown Copyright.
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