Definition of garnishee
: a person who is served with a legal process of garnishment
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Definition of garnishee
garnisheed;
garnisheeing
1
: to serve with a garnishment
2
: to take (something, such as a debtor's wages) by legal authority
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State law allows the Oregon Department of Revenue to garnishee the teen's bank accounts or paychecks.
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Benton's Oregon Public Employees Retirement System benefits can't be garnisheed in this case because Higbee Benton, 54, was killed before the 2013 statue that allows the funds to be seized, Savage said.
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Origin and Etymology of garnishee
derivative of 1garnishee
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First Known Use: 1846
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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legal Definition of garnishee
: a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor
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