garnishment
English
noun
Definitions
- (legal) A judgment that a third party should pay money owing to a defendant directly to a plaintiff.
Etymology
Suffix from English garnish.
Origin
English
garnish
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disgarnish English
- garnish English
- garnishee English
- garnisher English
- garnishor English
- garnishry English
- ungarnish English
- garnischen Middle English