Garnishee

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garnishee
v. legally confiscate property (or money, etc.) for the purpose of repaying a debt
 
n. one whose assets have been garnished (Law)


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Garnishment
A garnishment is a means of collecting a monetary judgment against a defendant by ordering a third party (the garnishee) to pay money, otherwise owed to the defendant, directly to the plaintiff.
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garnishee
Verb
1. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
(synonym) garnish
(hypernym) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Garnishee
(v. t.)
To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
  
 
(v. t.)
To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  

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Garnishee
A summons issued by a plaintiff, against a third party, for seizure of money or other assets in their keeping, but belonging to the defendant 

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