Hypertext Webster Gateway: "garnishment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (Law)
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to
be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals,
or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for
the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the
effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
{Trustee process} (Law), a process by which a creditor may
attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the
hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the
{process of foreign attachment}, {garnishment}, or
{factorizing process}. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Garnishment \Gar"nish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement
protection, guarantee, warning.]
1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. --Sir H. Wotton.
2. (Law)
(a) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give
information to the court on any matter.
(b) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of
another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver
the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and
give information as garnishee.
3. A fee. See {Garnish}, n., 4.
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