Garnishment Definition | Becker

Accounting Dictionary

Garnishment

A legal writ ordering a third party in possession or control of money or property of a debtor to turn it over to a creditor. Failure to comply with a writ of garnishment makes the third party personally liable for the value of the property not turned over.

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