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Garnishee   Listen
noun
Garnishee  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 is made is called a garnishee order.



verb
Garnishee  v. t.  (past & past part. garnisheed; pres. part. garnisheeing)  (Law)
(a)
To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
(b)
To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Garnishee" Quotes from Famous Books



... saying, in your answer as garnishee, that I have been an active and decided friend of Peace. In the early stages of the troubles, when the Southern Commissioners were in Washington, I devoted my time and influence and property, subscribing and paying in the outset five hundred dollars, to set on foot ...
— Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals - In Two Volumes, Volume II • Samuel F. B. Morse



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