garnishment
garnishment
definition
noun
a decoration or embellishment.
Wage garnishment is a creditor collection tool that a delinquent debtor can escape by filing for bankruptcy.
a court order directing that money or property of a third party (usually wages paid by an employer) be seized to satisfy a debt owed by a debtor to a plaintiff creditor.
example
All 'garnishment' and enforcement proceedings undertaken in accordance with the enforcement of the order of January 18th, 2002, shall forthwith be rescinded and cancelled.
By the time the motion was heard, the arrears of about $2, 000.00 had been paid as a result of a 'garnishment' of his income tax refund.
Wage 'garnishment' is a creditor collection tool that a delinquent debtor can escape by filing for bankruptcy.
In September the plaintiff attempted 'garnishment' on what he thought was the defendant's banker.
When the bank learned of the plaintiffs' action against these defendants, it issued 'garnishments' against each of the three defendants in June 2003.
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