See Also: Garnishee(finance)
garnishee(dictionary)
Garnishee order(finance)
GARNISHEE, practice(law)

garnishee (iou)



garnishee noun & verb. E17.
[from GARNISH verb II + -EE1.]
Law.
A. noun.
A third party required to surrender money belonging to a debtor or defendant in compliance with a court order obtained by the creditor or plaintiff. E17.
The legal process of recovering a debt by serving a garnishee order; an instance of this. E20.
Comb.: garnishee order, garnishee proceedings: requiring a garnishee to surrender money that he or she holds on behalf of or owes to a debtor.
b. verb trans. Pa. t. & pple -sheed. Recover a debt from (a person, his or her wages, etc.) by garnishee proceedings. L19.