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garnishment

noun

Etymology

From garnish + -ment.

  1. derived from *wer-✻ — “to defend, protect, cover”
  2. derived from *warnōną✻
  3. derived from *warnijaną✻ — “to worry, care, heed”
  4. derived from *warnijan✻
  5. derived from garnir
  6. inherited from garnysshen
  7. suffixed as garnishment — “garnish + ment”

Definitions

  1. A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a…

    A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA