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Webster 1913 Edition

Garnishee

Garˊnish-ee′

,
Noun.
(Law)
One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.
☞ The order by which warning is made is called a
garnishee order
.

Garˊnish-ee′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Garnisheed
(-ēd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Garnisheeing
.]
(Law)
(a)
To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
(b)
To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.

Webster 1828 Edition

Garnishee

GARNISHEE'

,
Noun.
In law, one in whose hands the property of an absconding or absent debtor is attached, who is warned or notified of the demand or suit, and who may appear and defend in the suit, in the place of the principal.

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