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Webster 1913 Edition

Garnishee

Garˊnish-ee′

,
Noun.
(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.
☞ The order by which warning is made is called a
garnishee order
.

Garˊnish-ee′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Garnisheed
(-ēd)
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Garnishee

GARNISHEE'

,
Noun.
In law, one in whose hands the property of an absconding or absent debtor is attached, who is warned or notified of the demand or suit, and who may appear and defend in the suit, in the place of the principal.

Definition 2024

garnishee

garnishee

English

Noun

garnishee ‎(plural garnishees)

  1. (law) the person whose money is garnished

Related terms

Verb

garnishee ‎(third-person singular simple present garnishees, present participle garnisheeing, simple past and past participle garnisheed)

  1. (transitive, law) the act of attaching the property sought to be secured.

Etymology

A derivative word from garnish: from Germanic warnjan to guard: through Old French garnir: to Middle English

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