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Garnishment

Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

An attachment whereby money or property of a debtor in the hands of third parties, which cannot be levied upon, may be subjected to the payment of the creditor’s claim.

See 37 Neb. 849, 40 Am. St. Rep. 522, 56 N. W. 711.

A warning; the act of garnishing.