1. Law. - a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor.
- a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
2. adornment or decoration.
Examples from the web for garnishment
- After expiration of the garnishment, another garnishment can be issued.
- The garnishment summons and notice to debtor must be substantially in the following form.
- It frequently will take more than one garnishment to satisfy a judgment if no other payments are made.
- Plaintiff requests a writ of non-periodic garnishment.
- garnishment is a process to enable you to collect on your judgment by accessing monies owed to the judgment debtor by others.
British Dictionary definitions for garnishment
noun 2. decoration or embellishment; garnish
3. (
law)
- a notice or warning
- (obsolete) a summons to court proceedings already in progress
- 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
Word Origin and History for garnishment