garnishee
Noun

garnishee (plural garnishees)

  1. (legal) the person whose money is garnished
Related terms Verb

garnishee (garnishees, present participle garnisheeing; past and past participle garnisheed)

  1. (transitive, legal) To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish.
    Her bank account was garnisheed to pay an outstanding tax debt.



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