Definition of garnishee Garnishee
gar•nish•ee
We found 8 definitions of garnishee from 4 different sources.
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What does garnishee mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: garnishees |
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| garnishee - a wage earner who is served with a garnishment | ||
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| garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" | ||
| garnish | ||
| confiscate, impound, attach, sequester, seize place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- garnishee (Noun)
The person whose money is garnished. - garnishee (Verb)
The act of attaching the property sought to be secured.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- garnishee (n.)
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. - garnishee (v. t.)
To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish. - garnishee (v. t.)
To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
Part of speech
🔤- garnishee, verb, present, 1st person singular of garnishee (infinitive).
- garnishee, verb (infinitive).
- garnishee, noun, singular of garnishees.
