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Definition of Garnishment
1. Noun. 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
1. n. Ornament; embellishment; decoration.
Definition of Garnishment
1. Noun. (legal) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garnishment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garnishment
Literary usage of Garnishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"garnishment <S=>97, 141—Amendment of return of service related back to time of
... garnishment proceeding by DJ Reville against the American Railway Express ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"Debts represented by negotiable paper under garnishment escape the process when
the paper is transferred before maturity to a bona fide ..."
3. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"ever, the amount is not due by reason of the fact that no call has been made, as
required by the contract of subscription, garnishment will not lie.17 Again ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"garnishment <S=>97, 141—Amendment of return of service related back to time of
... garnishment proceeding by DJ Reville against the American Railway Express ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"Debts represented by negotiable paper under garnishment escape the process when
the paper is transferred before maturity to a bona fide ..."
6. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"ever, the amount is not due by reason of the fact that no call has been made, as
required by the contract of subscription, garnishment will not lie.17 Again ..."
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