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garnishee

DEFINITIONS OF: garnishee

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n a wage earner who is served with a garnishment

Type of:
earner, wage earner
someone who earn wages in return for their labor

v take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

Synonyms:
garnish
Type of:
attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
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