Garnishee
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Practice. A person who has money or property in his possession belonging to a defendant, which money or property has been attached in his hands, with notice to him of such attachment; he is so called because be has had warning or notice of the attachment Prom the time of the notice of the attachment, the garnishee is bound to keep the money or property in his hands, to answer the plaintiff's claim, until the attachment is dissolved or he is otherudse discharged.
See Serg. Att 88; Wade, Att. 331; Drake, Att.; Comyns., Dig. Attachment, E.
See Gabnishhsnt.