garnishee

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garnishee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, n. (Law)
     One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been
     served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person
     holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The order by which warning is made is called a
           garnishee order.
           [1913 Webster]

  Garnishee \Gar`nish*ee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnisheed
     (-[=e]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Garnisheeing.] (Law)
     (a) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment;
         to garnish.
     (b) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by
         garnishment); to trustee.
         [1913 Webster]

garnishee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  garnishee
      n 1: a wage earner who is served with a garnishment
      v 1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child
           support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay
           his debt" [syn: garnishee, garnish]

garnishee - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  GARNISHEE, practice. A person who has money or property in his possession, 
  belonging to a defendant, which money or property has been attached in his 
  hands, and he has had notice of such attachment; he is so called because he 
  has had warning or notice of the attachment. 
       2. From the time of the notice of the attachment, the garnishee is 
  bound to keep the property in his hands to answer the plaintiff's claim, 
  until the attachment is dissolved, or he is otherwise discharged. Vide Serg. 
  on Att. 88 to 110; Com. Dig. Attachment, E. 
       3. There are garnishees also in the action of detinue. They are persons 
  against whom process is awarded, at the prayer of the defendant, to warn 
  them to come in and interplead with the plaintiff. Bro. Abr. Detinue, 
  passim.