garnishee order — See garnishment. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 … Law dictionary
garnishee order — noun : an order served upon a person by way of garnishment * * * garnishee order noun (law) A court order which creates a charge over a debtor s bank account in favour of a creditor who has sued and obtained a court judgement against that debtor… … Useful english dictionary
garnishee order — An order made by a judge on behalf of a judgement creditor restraining a third party (often a bank or an employer), called a garnishee, from paying money to the judgement debtor until sanctioned to do so by the court. The order may also specify… … Big dictionary of business and management
garnishee order — /ˌgɑ:nɪ ʃi: ˌɔ:də/ noun a court order, making a garnishee pay money not to the debtor, but to a third party … Dictionary of banking and finance
garnishee order — court order to confiscate property not under the possession of its owner … English contemporary dictionary
garnishee order — See: attachment … Accounting dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] Note: The order by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
garnishee — ▪ I. garnishee garnishee 2 noun [countable] LAW a person, or the organization that is holding their money or property, who has been given an official order from a court stating that wages or property will be taken to pay back a debt [m0] ▪ II.… … Financial and business terms
garnishee — gar·nish·ee 1 /ˌgär nə shē/ n: a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor garnishee 2 vt eed, ee·ing: garnish Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
garnishee proceedings — a process of enforcing a money judgment by the seizure or attachment of debts due or accruing to the judgment debtor that form part of his property available in execution. As such, it is a species of execution upon debts, for which the ordinary… … Law dictionary
garnishment — garnishee gar‧ni‧shee 1 [ˌgɑːnɪˈʆiː ǁ ˌgɑːr ] also gar‧nish [ˈgɑːnɪʆ ǁ ˈgɑːr ] verb [transitive] LAW if a court of law garnishees someone s money or property, it orders an organization holding it, for example a bank or an employer, to send it to… … Financial and business terms
