GARNISH - GARNISHMENT - GARNISHEE
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Garnish Garnishing funds is also a warning to the party holding the funds (garnishee) not to pay them, and to inform the court as to how much money is being held. If the garnishee (such as a bank or employer) should mistakenly give the money to the account owner or employee, the garnishee will be liable to pay the creditor what he/she/it has coming. Garnishing wages is a typical means used to collect late child support and alimony payments, or money judgments. Often the order will be to pay installment payments to the sheriff until the debt is collected.
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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.
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Garnishee
An individual who holds money or property that
belongs to a debtor subject to an attachment proceeding by a creditor. A person who has money or
property in his possession, belonging to a defendant, which money or
property has been attached in his hands, and he has had notice of such
attachment; he is so called because he has had warning or notice of the
attachment.
A third party who has been
notified that money or property in his or her hands but belonging to a
defendant has been seized by legal writ. Noun 1. garnishee - a wage
earner who is served with a garnishment |
Garnishor A creditor who brings an action of garnishment.
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