garnishee order

garnishee order

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  • garnishee order — noun : an order served upon a person by way of garnishment * * * garnishee order noun (law) A court order which creates a charge over a debtor s bank account in favour of a creditor who has sued and obtained a court judgement against that debtor… …   Useful english dictionary

  • garnishee order — An order made by a judge on behalf of a judgement creditor restraining a third party (often a bank or an employer), called a garnishee, from paying money to the judgement debtor until sanctioned to do so by the court. The order may also specify… …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • garnishee order — /ˌgɑ:nɪ ʃi: ˌɔ:də/ noun a court order, making a garnishee pay money not to the debtor, but to a third party …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • garnishee order — court order to confiscate property not under the possession of its owner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • garnishee order — See: attachment …   Accounting dictionary

  • Garnishee — Gar nish*ee , n. (Law) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. [1913 Webster] Note: The order by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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.… …   Financial and business terms

  • garnishee — gar·nish·ee 1 /ˌgär nə shē/ n: a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor garnishee 2 vt eed, ee·ing: garnish Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • garnishee proceedings — a process of enforcing a money judgment by the seizure or attachment of debts due or accruing to the judgment debtor that form part of his property available in execution. As such, it is a species of execution upon debts, for which the ordinary… …   Law dictionary

  • garnishment — 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… …   Financial and business terms

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