Associations to the word «Garnishment»

Wiktionary

GARNISHMENT, noun. (legal) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.

Dictionary definition

GARNISHMENT, noun. A court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley