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Verb garnishee has 1 sense
- garnishee, garnish - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
--1 is one way to impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
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Garnishee
Definition:
A garnishee refers to a person or organization that has been ordered by a court to surrender money or property to satisfy a debt owed by someone else.
Part of Speech:
Noun, verb
Usage:
Senses:
- A person, such as an employer or bank, who owes money to a debtor and is legally required to surrender it to a creditor.
- The action of legally seizing money or property owned by a third party in order to settle a debt.
Sample Sentences:
- As an employer, John found himself in a difficult position when he received a court order to act as a garnishee and deduct a portion of his employee's wages to pay off their debt.
- The court appointed a garnishee to collect outstanding funds from the debtor's savings account.
- When Mary defaulted on her credit card payments, the bank decided to garnishee her wages to recover the debt.
Related Products:
Garnishee Debt Collection Books
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