garnishment
Noun
Meaning
Ornament; embellishment; decoration.
Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.
Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.
A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.
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FCash has likewise sent messages threatening borrowers with charges for estafa, complaints before the National Bureau of Investigation, and service of writ of garnishment or writ of attachment.
The Treasury Department already has rules that protect social security payments from this type of garnishment; some lawmakers want the agency to extend these rules to cover direct stimulus payments.
According to the FTC’s complaint, the business is “founded on false claims that consumers have committed a crime and face dire consequences – including a lawsuit, garnishment, and even imprisonment – if a purported debt is not paid.”
A judgment creditor must retain the services of a private process server to serve a garnishment.
Bankruptcy protects against wage garnishment -- A reader who filed bankruptcy is contacted by an old creditor who threatens wage garnishment.
Governor Pritzker of Illinois announced Tuesday he would suspend the laws that allow garnishment.