garnishee
IPA: gˈɑrnɪʃi
noun
- (law) The person whose money is garnished.
verb
- (transitive, law) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
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Examples of "garnishee" in Sentences
- This third party is known as the garnishee.
- Many creditors will attempt to "garnishee" your wages.
- The debtor by whom the money is due is called garnishee.
- The garnishee order can attach money of the customer in his own right.
- I –hate– the sound of “garnishee,” “garnish” sounds much more natural.
- The banker should inform the customer about the garnishee order so received.
- “To garnishee” logically could mean, if anything, “to place in the status of garnishee.”
- California doesn't allow debt collectors to garnishee the bank accounts of delinquent borrowers.
- Schussler called for a limit on "garnishee" orders - money taken off employees 'pay cheques to settle debts.
- Once “garnishee” becomes established as the verb form, judgment creditors will go to court seeking to garnishee the wages of their judgment debtors.
- Councils to help themselves to your bank account only a small piece in the Telegraph but the implications are writ large- Defy the State and we will 'garnishee' your bank account and wreck your credit record.
- The verb usage of the word "garnishee" is a decidedly minority usage (disfavored by a margin of 675-11 in one computerized legal research search, with one citation implying that "garnishee" is incorrect), that should be avoided.
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