Definition of garnishment Garnishment
/gɑˈɹnɪʃmʌnt/ - [garnishmunt] - gar•nish•ment
We found 7 definitions of garnishment from 4 different sources.
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What does garnishment mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: garnishments |
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| garnishment - a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee | ||
| court order a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- garnishment (n.)
Ornament; embellishment; decoration. - garnishment (n.)
Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. - garnishment (n.)
Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee. - garnishment (n.)
A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.
Part of speech
🔤- garnishment, noun, singular of garnishments.
