Found 2 items, similar to Garnishment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: garnishment garnishment n : 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Garnishment Garnishment \Gar"nish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement protection, guarantee, warning.] 1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. (b) 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4. [1913 Webster]