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garnishment

A legal process where creditors are repaid for outstanding obligations by attaching a portion of the borrower's paycheck. Garnishments typically can only occur after a judgment occurs.

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  1. Garnishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    A garnishment is a means of collecting a monetary judgment against a defendant by ordering a third party (the garnishee) to pay money, otherwise owed to the ...
     
  2. U.S. Department of Labor - Find It By Topic - Wages - Garnishment
    Information from the U.S. Department of Labor regarding wage garnishment. Wage garnishment is a legal procedure in which a person s earnings are required ...
     
  3. How wage garnishment works -- and how to avoid it
    May 12, 2011 ... Garnishment, a last-ditch effort to collect debt, can result in a court order seizing part of your wages freezing and then draining your bank ...
     
  4. Garnishment - Legal Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
    A legal procedure by which a creditor can collect what a debtor owes by reaching the debtor's property when it is in the hands of someone other than the debtor.
     
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  6. The Federal Wage Garnishment Law - OSHA
    restricting the garnishment of wages; and by creating the National Commission on ... Restriction on discharge from employment by reason of garnishment. 305.
     
  7. Garnishment | LII / Legal Information Institute
    A court may order a garnishment to help a successful plaintiff collect money damages from a defendant. A garnishment order instructs a third-party who owes ...
     
  8. Garnishment Answers from the OCC
    Select from the following questions about garnishments and court judgments.