Definition of Garnishment
Garnishment
Gar·nish·ment
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(noun)
A legal seizure of a person's property or wages to pay a debt.
e.g. The court ordered a garnishment of his paycheck to settle the outstanding loan.
(noun)
(legal) an order or summons demanding that some property, especially wages, be seized from someone in order to pay off their debt, especially in the context of wages being taken from the person's employer;
e.g. He was subjected to wage garnishment until his creditors had received the money had borrowed.
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