garnishment (n)

n06557827

type n
lex_filenum 10
def a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
Outgoing links
Hypernym court order
Domain of synset - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
Derivationally related form garnishment → garnish
Incoming links
Hyponym court order
Member of this domain - TOPIC law, jurisprudence
Derivationally related form garnish → garnishment

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