Garnishee: The person upon whom a garnishment is served; usually a debtor of the defendant in the action; (verb) to institute garnishment proceedings.
Garnishee
(n) Garnishee is the person or legal entity who was served with a court order directing him or them to withhold the funds or the payments due to another person or entity until an order or sanction is received from the court.
Garnishee: An insurance company, bank, employer or others upon whom a judgment creditor has placed a Writ of Garnishment because that person or entity holds assets due the original debtor.
GarnisheeA third party who owes money to a debtor, but must instead pay it to the court (or in family law cases, to the Family Responsibility Office), to the benefit of a creditor.
Garnishee:
The seizure of property, monies, earnings, receivables belonging to a debtor that are in the hands of a third party.
garnishee
n. a person or entity, quite often a bank or employer, which receives a court order not to release funds held for or owed to a customer or employee, pending further order of the court.
GARNISHEE, practice. A person who has money or property in his possession, belonging to a defendant, which money or property has been attached in his hands, and he has had notice of such attachment; ...
garnishee: A person who owes a debt to a judgment debtor, or a person other than the judgment debtor who has property in his/her possession or custody in which a judgment debtor has an interest ...
GARNISHEE - One garnished; a person against whom process of garnishment is issued; one who has money or property in his possession belonging to a judgment debtor, or who owes the judgment debtor a debt, which money, property, ...
garnishee - A person holding a judgment debtor's property, such as debtor's employer (holding wages) or bank (holding an account).
garnishee, or garnishee defendant The third party (person or business) to whom a garnishment is directed, in an effort to obtain money owed by that person or business to the debtor.
general administrator See administrator.
Garnishee:
A person who receives notice to retain custody of assets in his control which are owed to or belong to another person until he receives further notice from the court; ...
garnishee
n. a person or entity, quite often a bank or employer, which rece...
garnishment
n. the entire process of petitioning for and getting a court orde...
A garnishee is regarded by the law as akin to a trustee, bound to protect the rights of all parties to the assets in the garnishee's possession. Agnew v. Cronin (1957) 148 Cal.App.2d 117, 127 [citing Hardy v. Hunt (1858) 11 Cal.
The person who possesses the assets of the debtor and is the subject of the seizure is called a "garnishee". This is frequently used in the enforcement of child support where delinquent debtors will be subjected to salary garnishment.
On affidavit that the judgment was still unsatisfied, and that any other person within the jurisdiction was indebted to the judgment debtor, the judge was empowered to attach all debts due from such third person (called the garnishee) to the ...
garnishee, owed by such party to defendant debtor, i.e., principal defendant.
Green River ordinance - Type of local licensing law which protects persons from unwanted peddlers and salespersons who call on homes and business establishments.
Garnishee: Person who owes a third party a debt which is attached by court order for the benefit of a judgment creditor.
The person who owes the debt and is the subject of the seizure is called a "garnishee". This is frequently used in the enforcement of child support where delinquent debtors will be subjected to salary garnishment.
The garnishment consists of a warning, in the form of a judgment, to the third party, called the garnishee, not to deliver the goods or money due to the defendant, but to hold them in trust pending the outcome of the plaintiff's suit.
Garnishment - A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money, in the possession of another (called the garnishee) is applied to the debts of the debtor, such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.
Definition - Noun
: a creditor who brings a garnishment proceeding against a garnishee
Pronunciation'gär-ni-sh&r, -"sho'r
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A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money, in the possession of another (called the garnishee) is applied to the debts of the debtor, such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.
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which targets the judgment debtor's salary or income. Through garnishment a portion of the judgment debtor's income is regularly deducted and paid to the judgment creditor. The creditor is known as a garnishor, and the debtor as a garnishee.
 See also: Court, Person, Law, Debtor, Time
  
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