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garnishment

/gahr-nish-muhnt/US // ˈgɑr nɪʃ mənt //UK // (ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt) //

扣押,扣款,扣留,存货

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.
    • : adornment or decoration.

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Examples

  • The filing fees are low, the courts rule in plaintiffs’ favor when defendants don’t show up and once a district has a judgment, it can return to court to seek a garnishment of a parent’s wages or, in some cases, their assets.

  • Although the federal agency instructs employers to cease garnishment, companies must take action to end it.

  • Because employers can be held liable for failure to adhere to a wage garnishment order, they are reluctant to act without explicit direction from the Education Department.

  • On paper, Randall Ward would seem to be well-insulated from garnishment.

  • The suits routinely result in judgments, which in turn usually result in attempts at garnishment, according to a ProPublica analysis of Missouri court filings.

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

  • 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.

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

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