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garnishment
[ gahr-nish-muhnt ]
noun
- Law.
- a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor.
- a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- adornment or decoration.
garnishment
/ ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt /
noun
- the act of garnishing
- decoration or embellishment; garnish
- law
- a notice or warning
- a summons to court proceedings already in progress
- a notice warning a person holding money or property belonging to a debtor whose debt has been attached to hold such property until directed by the court to apply it
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Example Sentences
Change the map into a steaming roast turkey by adding the lines to form the wing, the "drumstick," the garnishment and the plate.
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The Roman god of wine, frequently invoked in the garnishment of Latin and Italian speech.
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Now we know that garnishment is transcendent brightness, and brilliancy; to adorn and polish surface.
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There is also exemption from levy on execution, attachment, or garnishment sixty per cent.
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The following personal property is exempt from seizure or sale on any execution and from attachment or garnishment: 1st.
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