garnishment

English

Etymology

From garnish +‎ -ment.

Noun

garnishment (countable and uncountable, plural garnishments)

1. (law) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.

Translations

a judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff

• German: Pfändung (de) f, Zahlungsverbot an den Drittschuldner n
• Hungarian: fizetésletiltás (hu), letiltás (hu)

See also

• distraint