NOUN | communication | garnishment | 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 |
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Sounds | gaa'rnihshmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | court order | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
Spanish | embargo de nómina | |
Catalan | embargament de nòmina | |
Verbs | garnish | take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support |
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