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garnishee Law.|gɑːnɪˈʃiː|
[f. garnish v. II + -ee.]
One in whose hands money belonging to a debtor or defendant is attached at the suit of the creditor or plaintiff.
1627Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 373 If they were deliuered vpon other condition then the defendant alledgeth, the garnishee is at no mischiefe but the defendant. 1674Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4), Garnishee. 1853T. I. Wharton Pa. Digest 171 Quære, how is the law when the jury find specific articles in the hands of the garnishee. 1890Essex Chron. 17 Jan., His Honour found for..the garnishee.
b. attrib., as garnishee issue, garnishee order, garnishee proceedings, garnishee summons.
1882Standard 4 Feb. 2/4 The case came before Mr. Justice Watkin Williams..on a *garnishee issue.
1881Daily News 17 Jan. 3/6 The plaintiff..had priority over the holders of the *garnishee orders.
1894Times 13 Nov. 13/8 This was an appeal from an order made..in certain *garnishee proceedings.
1888West Briton & Cornw. Advert. 22 Mar. 7/2 A Garnishee Case..A. J., grocer, was sued on a *garnishee summons..to show cause why he should not pay..{pstlg}15.
Hence garniˈshee v., to attach or arrest a debtor's money in this way; garniˈsheement, the process of attaching or arresting (cf. garnishment).
1892Daily News 22 July 7/1 Their salary was recently garnisheed by a person to whom they owed commission. 1896Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 15 Dec. 9 Employes who may have their wages garnisheed for debt have..to show..that they are being unjustly dealt with in the garnisheement. |