garnishment

gar·nish·ment  (gärnsh-mnt)

n.

1. Law

a. A legal proceeding whereby money or property due a debtor but in the possession of another is applied to the payment of the debt owed to the plaintiff.

b. A court order directing a third party who holds money or property belonging to a defendant to withhold it and appear in court to answer inquiries.

2. Ornamentation; embellishment.

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garnishment [ˈgɑːnɪʃmənt]

n

1. the act of garnishing

2. decoration or embellishment; garnish

3. (Law) Law

a.  a notice or warning

b.  Obsolete a summons to court proceedings already in progress

c.  a notice warning a person holding money or property belonging to a debtor whose debt has been attached to hold such property until directed by the court to apply it

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

garnishment - 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 court order - a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"