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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca