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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
garnishee \gar`nishee"\, n. 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.
   1913 webster

   note: the order by which warning is made is called a
         garnishee order.
         1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
garnishee \gar`nishee"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. garnisheed
   -=ed; 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.
       1913 webster
see also:
garnisheed garnisheeing 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
garnishee
     v : take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child
         support; "his employer garnished his wages in order to
         pay his debt" syn: garnish
see also:
garnish 
[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
garnishee, practice. a person who has money or property in his possession, 
belonging to a defendant, which money or property has been attached in his 
hands, and he has had notice of such attachment; he is so called because he 
has had warning or notice of the attachment. 
     2. from the time of the notice of the attachment, the garnishee is 
bound to keep the property in his hands to answer the plaintiff's claim, 
until the attachment is dissolved, or he is otherwise discharged. vide serg. 
on att. 88 to 110; com. dig. attachment, e. 
     3. there are garnishees also in the action of detinue. they are persons 
against whom process is awarded, at the prayer of the defendant, to warn 
them to come in and interplead with the plaintiff. bro. abr. detinue, 
passim. 




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