garnishee

• Personne, souvent un employé, qui reçoit une ordonnance de saisie (garnishment) lui enjoignant de retenir une partie de son salaire ou de ses biens pour payer une dette à un créancier.

A noun referring to a person, typically a wage earner, who is served with a legal order (garnishment) requiring a portion of their wages or assets to be withheld to pay a debt.

1. Person subject to garnishmentC2formallegal

   A person who is served with a legal order to have a portion of their wages or assets withheld to pay a debt.

   Personne saisie-arrêtée

   • The court issued a notice to the garnishee to deduct payments from his salary.
   • As a garnishee, he had to comply with the wage attachment order.
   • The employer informed the garnishee about the deduction from his paycheck.

• Terme juridique signifiant la saisie ou le prélèvement d'argent ou de biens appartenant à un débiteur, généralement sur décision de justice, pour le remboursement d'une dette.

A legal verb meaning to attach or seize money or property belonging to a debtor, typically through a court order, to satisfy a debt.

1. Withhold wages legallyC1formallegal

   To legally take a portion of a person's wages or assets to pay a debt, often by court order.

   Saisie sur salaire

   • The court ordered the company to garnishee his wages for child support.
   • Her bank account was garnisheed to pay off the outstanding loan.
   • The employer must garnishee the employee's salary as per the legal notice.

   Synonymesattachdistraingarnishlevyseize