garnishee

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Recent Examples of garnishee State law allows the Oregon Department of Revenue to garnishee the teen's bank accounts or paychecks. Fox News, 17 May 2018 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. Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 July 2017
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    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In this exclusive clip, the sisters encounter one of the magical objects their ancestor confiscated.
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    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Garnishee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garnishee. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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