Definitions for garnishment
ˈgɑr nɪʃ məntgar·nish·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. garnishmentnoun

   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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. garnishmentnoun

   A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Garnishmentnoun

   Ornament; embellishment.

   Etymology: from garnish.

   The church of Sancta Guistiniana in Padoua is a sound piece of good art, where the materials being but ordinary stone, without any garnishment of sculpture, do ravish the beholders. Henry Wotton, Architecture.

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1. Garnishment

   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"). A similar legal mechanism called execution allows the seizure of money or property held directly by the debtor. Some jurisdictions may allow for garnishment by a tax agency without the need to first obtain a judgment or other court order.

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1. garnishment

   Garnishment is a legal process in which a creditor obtains a court order directing a third party, often an employer, to deduct certain amounts from a debtor's wages, bank account or other assets to repay a debt. It is generally applied to resolve cases where the debtor has failed or refused to pay their debt voluntarily. This action is usually a last resort taken by the creditor after other collection efforts have failed. The laws regarding garnishments vary depending on the jurisdiction.

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1. Garnishmentnoun

   ornament; embellishment; decoration

2. Garnishmentnoun

   warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter

3. Garnishmentnoun

   warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee

4. Garnishmentnoun

   a fee. See Garnish, n., 4

5. Etymology: [Cf. OF. garnissement protection, guarantee, warning.]

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1. Garnishment

   A garnishment is a means of collecting a monetary judgment against a defendant by ordering a third party to pay money, otherwise owed to the defendant, directly to the plaintiff. In the case of collecting for taxes, the law of a jurisdiction may allow for collection without a judgment or other court order.

Matched Categories

1. • Court Order
   • Law

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce garnishment?

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How to say garnishment in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of garnishment in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of garnishment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of garnishment in a Sentence

1. Donald N. Smith, president of Burger King:

   The individual choice of garnishment of a burger can be an important point to the consumer in this day when individualism is an increasingly important thing to people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=garnishment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Garnishment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=garnishment
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnishment
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garnishment
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=garnishment
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=garnishment