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gar·nish·ee

Audio Help [gahr-ni-shee] Pronunciation Key verb, -nish·eed, -nish·ee·ing, noun Law.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to attach (money or property) by garnishment.

2.	to serve (a person) with a garnishment.

–noun

3.	a person served with a garnishment.

[Origin: 1620–30; garnish + -ee

]

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gar·nish·ee Audio Help   (gär'nĭ-shē') Pronunciation Key
n.   A third party who has been notified that money or property in his or her hands but belonging to a defendant has been seized by legal writ.

tr.v.   gar·nish·eed, gar·nish·ee·ing, gar·nish·ees

To seize by garnishment: garnishee a debtor's wages.
To serve with a garnishment: garnishee an employer.

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garnishee
noun
1.	a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
verb
1.	take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: garnishee
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -eed; -ee·ing
: GARNISH

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Main Entry: gar·nish·ee
Pronunciation: "gär-n&-'shE
Function: noun
: a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Garnishee

Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warn[=o]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, and cf. Garment, Garrison.]

1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.

2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

3. To furnish; to supply.

4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.

5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. --Cowell.

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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.

Note: The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee order.

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