garnishee

garnishee
▪ I. garnishee garnishee 2 noun [countable]
LAW a person, or the organization that is holding their money or property, who has been given an official order from a court stating that wages or property will be taken to pay back a debt
  [m0] ▪ II. 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 the court in order to pay that person's debts:

• Military law holds armed forces personnel responsible for their debts, and wages can be garnisheed to pay them.

• One method of getting your money back is to obtain a garnishee order requiring money to be paid out of your debtor's bank account.

— garnishment noun [countable, uncountable] :

• Five states, including Texas, don't permit garnishment of wages.

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garnishee UK US /ɡɑːnɪʃˈiː/ noun [C] LAW
► a company, person, etc. who is ordered by a court to garnish part of someone's income or property in order to pay a debt
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garnishee UK US /ɡɑːnɪʃˈiː/ verb [T] LAW
► GARNISH(Cf. ↑garnish)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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