Garnish
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English Law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow prisoners on his entrance into prison. To warn. To garnish the heir is to warn the heir. Obsolete. In Practice. To attach by process of garnishment.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on hli entrance into prison. To warn. To garnish the heir is to warn the heir. Obsolete.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
n.
In English law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his entrance into prison.
v. To warn or summon. To issue process of garnishment against a person.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To warn or give notice.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
mn. In Englishlaw. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his entrance inte prison.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. pensiuncula careeraria] In Enghsh law. Money pud by a prisoner on his entrance into gaol. Forbidden by statute 4 Geo. IV. c. 43, § 12, r. 23. Wharton's Lex. HolthouH. To GARNISH. [h.Yx. gamisher.] To warn or give notice. Cowell.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
Engl. law. Money paid by a prisoner to his fellow prisoners on his entrance into prison.