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Garnishment is a legal process where a creditor obtains a court order to collect a debt by seizing a portion of the debtor's wages, bank accounts,...
noun. gar· nish· ment ˈgär-nish-mənt. Synonyms of garnishment. 1. : ornament, garnish. 2. : a legal summons or warning concerning the attachment of property to satisfy a debt. 3. : a stoppage of a specified sum from wages to satisfy a creditor or a legal obligation (such as child support)
garnishment - A legal process through which part of a person's earnings or property can be seized by court order to pay off a debt, such as unpaid taxes, child support, or a legal judgment.
the legal process of taking an amount from someone's wages (= money paid every week to an employee) or bank account in order to pay back money they owe, or a court order that allows someone to do this: wage garnishment Texas does not permit wage garnishment for most civil debts.
Garnishment refers to a court ordered process for collecting on a judgment, which takes money directly from the defendant’s wages or other third party who owes the defendant a debt.
Garnishment definition: a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor.. See examples of GARNISHMENT used in a sentence.
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"). [1]
Garnishment is a drastic measure for collecting a debt. A court order of garnishment allows a creditor to take the property of a debtor when the debtor does not possess the property. A garnishment action is taken against the debtor as defendant and the property holder as garnishee.
Garnishment is a legal process that allows a third party to seize assets of a debtor. For example, a creditor, who can be a winning party in a suit or a creditor in a bankruptcy case, can acquire the wage of the debtorthrough the debtor’s employer.
Garnishment is a legal process in which a creditor obtains a court order to collect a debt owed by a debtor by seizing a portion of the debtor's wages, bank accounts, or other assets.