garnishment order

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• garnishment — /gahr nish meuhnt/, n. 1. Law. a. 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. b. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending …   Universalium

• garnishment — gar·nish·ment / gär nish mənt/ n: a remedial device used by a creditor to have property of the debtor or money owed to the debtor that is in the possession of a third party attached to pay the debt to the creditor; specif: attachment of the… …   Law dictionary

• garnishment — [gär′nish mənt] n. 1. a decoration; embellishment 2. Law a proceeding by which a creditor plaintiff seeks to attach money or property in the possession of a third party in order to satisfy a debt owed by the defendant …   English World dictionary

• 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. United States Wage garnishment Wage garnishment,… …   Wikipedia

• garnishment — garnishee gar‧ni‧shee 1 [ˌgɑːnɪˈʆiː ǁ ˌgɑːr ] also gar‧nish [ˈgɑːnɪʆ ǁ ˈgɑːr ] verb [transitive] LAW if a court of law garnishees someone s money or property, it orders an organization holding it, for example a bank or an employer, to send it to… …   Financial and business terms

• garnishment —    A legal proceeding in which a creditor (or other plaintiff) obtains a court order compelling a third party (e.g., a bank, the employer of a debtor or other defendant) to pay money earned by the defendant to the plaintiff. Up to a quarter of a… …   Business law dictionary

• garnishment — 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 • Derivationally related forms: ↑garnish • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence •… …   Useful english dictionary

• garnishment — / gɑ:nɪʃmənt/ noun same as garnishee order …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• writ of garnishment — An order of the court whereby property, money, or credits int he possession of another person may be seized and applied to pay a debtor s debt. It is used as an incident to or auxiliary of a judgment rendered in a principal action. Short… …   Law dictionary

• court order — noun a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something (Freq. 2) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Charging Order — A court authorized right granted to a judgment creditor to attach distributions made from a business entity, such as a limited partnership (LP) or limited liability company (LLC), to a debtor who is a partner of the business entity. The charging… …   Investment dictionary