Definitions for garnishment

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garnishment gar·nish·ment

Spelling: [gahr-nish-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈgɑr nɪʃ mənt/

Garnishment is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1503 anagrams from letters in garnishment (aeghimnnrst).

Definitions for garnishment

noun

1. Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
2. adornment or decoration.

Origin of garnishment

First recorded in 1540-50; garnish + -ment

Examples for garnishment

Current wages for personal services are not subject to garnishment.

Change the map into a steaming roast turkey by adding the lines to form the wing, the "drumstick," the garnishment and the plate.

There is also exemption from levy on execution, attachment, or garnishment sixty per cent.

Where there was a garnishment given touching a plea of land, a writ of deceit is also maintainable.

Devil Marston will not let his news suffer for want of garnishment—and you will hear!

The Roman god of wine, frequently invoked in the garnishment of Latin and Italian speech.

Now we know that garnishment is transcendent brightness, and brilliancy; to adorn and polish surface.

The following personal property is exempt from seizure or sale on any execution and from attachment or garnishment: 1st.

This evening he had spent his last rupee in buying sweetmeats as garnishment for the meal.