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Collector of impounded wages
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garnishee
Word definitions for garnishee in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International 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. Note: The order by which warning ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from garnish (v.) + -ee .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: garnish ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) the person whose money is garnished vb. (context transitive legal English) the act of attaching the property sought to be secured.
Usage examples of garnishee.
Two-thirds of them were black and many looked like fugitives from the Credit Bureau's garnishee file.
Branch’s wages were being garnisheed, and at the time of Stevie’s murder, the state of Arkansas was also after him to collect some back taxes.
He seized up the oxyhydrogen torch, lit it to flaring life and dived to the attack toward the Garnishee who were crowding into the cabin.