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Vinony

garnishment

noun

  1. American legal process for collecting a monetary judgment directly from a debtor's wages or assets
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English garnish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English garnishment From garnish + -ment.

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