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PRONUNCIATION OF GARNISHEE

garnishee  [ˌɡɑːnɪˈʃiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARNISHEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Garnishee is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb garnishee in English.

WHAT DOES GARNISHEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Garnishment

Garnishment is an American legal order for collecting a monetary judgment on behalf of a plaintiff from a defendant. The money can come directly from the defendant or - at a court's discretion - from a third party. Jurisdiction law may allow for collection - without a judgment or other court order - in the case of collecting for taxes.

Definition of garnishee in the English dictionary

The first definition of garnishee in the dictionary is a person upon whom a garnishment has been served. Other definition of garnishee is to attach by garnishment. Garnishee is also to serve with a garnishment.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GARNISHEE

PRESENT

Present
I garnishee
you garnishee
he/she/it garnishees
we garnishee
you garnishee
they garnishee
Present continuous
I am garnisheeing
you are garnisheeing
he/she/it is garnisheeing
we are garnisheeing
you are garnisheeing
they are garnisheeing
Present perfect
I have garnisheed
you have garnisheed
he/she/it has garnisheed
we have garnisheed
you have garnisheed
they have garnisheed
Present perfect continuous
I have been garnisheeing
you have been garnisheeing
he/she/it has been garnisheeing
we have been garnisheeing
you have been garnisheeing
they have been garnisheeing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I garnisheed
you garnisheed
he/she/it garnisheed
we garnisheed
you garnisheed
they garnisheed
Past continuous
I was garnisheeing
you were garnisheeing
he/she/it was garnisheeing
we were garnisheeing
you were garnisheeing
they were garnisheeing
Past perfect
I had garnisheed
you had garnisheed
he/she/it had garnisheed
we had garnisheed
you had garnisheed
they had garnisheed
Past perfect continuous
I had been garnisheeing
you had been garnisheeing
he/she/it had been garnisheeing
we had been garnisheeing
you had been garnisheeing
they had been garnisheeing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will garnishee
you will garnishee
he/she/it will garnishee
we will garnishee
you will garnishee
they will garnishee
Future continuous
I will be garnisheeing
you will be garnisheeing
he/she/it will be garnisheeing
we will be garnisheeing
you will be garnisheeing
they will be garnisheeing
Future perfect
I will have garnisheed
you will have garnisheed
he/she/it will have garnisheed
we will have garnisheed
you will have garnisheed
they will have garnisheed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been garnisheeing
you will have been garnisheeing
he/she/it will have been garnisheeing
we will have been garnisheeing
you will have been garnisheeing
they will have been garnisheeing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would garnishee
you would garnishee
he/she/it would garnishee
we would garnishee
you would garnishee
they would garnishee
Conditional continuous
I would be garnisheeing
you would be garnisheeing
he/she/it would be garnisheeing
we would be garnisheeing
you would be garnisheeing
they would be garnisheeing
Conditional perfect
I would have garnishee
you would have garnishee
he/she/it would have garnishee
we would have garnishee
you would have garnishee
they would have garnishee
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been garnisheeing
you would have been garnisheeing
he/she/it would have been garnisheeing
we would have been garnisheeing
you would have been garnisheeing
they would have been garnisheeing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you garnishee
we let´s garnishee
you garnishee
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to garnishee
Past participle
garnisheed
Present Participle
garnisheeing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GARNISHEE


Benxi
ˈbɛnˈʃiː
buckshee
ˌbʌkˈʃiː
Clichy
kliːˈʃiː
Fushih
ˈfuːˈʃiː
hachis
hɑːˈʃiː
Jiangxi
ˈdʒjæŋˈʃiː
Kashi
ˈkɑːˈʃiː
Shaanxi
ˈʃænˈʃiː
Shanxi
ˈʃænˈʃiː
Wu-hsi
ˈwuːˈʃiː
Wusih
ˌwuːˈʃiː
Wuxi
ˈwuːˈʃiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARNISHEE

garmenture
garner
garnet
garnet paper
garnet-like
garnetiferous
Garnett
garni
garnierite
garnish
garnisheement
garnisher
garnishing
garnishment
garnishor
garnishry
garniture
Garonne
garotte
garotter

WORDS THAT END LIKE GARNISHEE

banshee
bukshee
chee-chee
coachee
couchee
debauchee
geechee
ghee
hee-hee
lichee
lychee
prithee
Rhee
rushee
spahee
tee-hee
thee
towhee
trochee
whee

Synonyms and antonyms of garnishee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «garnishee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARNISHEE

Find out the translation of garnishee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of garnishee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garnishee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

第三债务人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embargo de bienes
570 millions of speakers

English

garnishee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गार्निशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحجوز ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

garnishee
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penhora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিবাদীর বা খাতকের টাকা আইন-সম্মতভাবে বাজেয়াপ্ত করে নেওয়ার জন্য যে ব্যক্তির উপর নোটিস জারি হয়েছে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tiers saisi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garnishee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drittschuldner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

garnishee
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

garnishee
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garnishee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữ nợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கையகப்படுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गार्नीषा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yediemin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terzo pignorato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zajęcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

garnishee
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

garnishee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάσχεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuldbeslagbevel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

garnishee
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

garnishee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of garnishee

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GARNISHEE»

The term «garnishee» is regularly used and occupies the 80.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GARNISHEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «garnishee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «garnishee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garnishee

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARNISHEE»

Discover the use of garnishee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garnishee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Guide to Collections Procedures in Ontario
A garnishee who disputes that he or she owes any money to the debtor, or who pays less to the sheriff than the amount set out in the notice of garnishment, must serve a garnishee's statement (in Form 601, see page 201), explaining why this ...
Rose H. McConnell, 2002
2
Revision of the Statutes of New Jersey
That the suit so instituted against the said garnishee, shall be con- suit to be continued by the court, without trial or decision, until the action against the t1""6* TM*11 defendant in attachment shall be adjudicated upon and determined ; and if ...
New Jersey, 2005
3
Wisconsin Statutes, 1961: Embracing All General Statutes ...
The action may be adjourned by the garnishee as in case of a second adjournment. 304.28 Undertaking to discharge garnishee. The defendant in the main action may obtain a discharge of the garnishee and a dismissal of the garnishee ...
Wisconsin, James J. Burke, 1962
4
Wisconsin Statutes, 1923
all cases move the court, upon the answer of the garnishee, and of the defendant, if he shall also answer, for such judgment as he shall be entitled to thereon, but any suich judgment shall be no bar beyond the facts stated in such answers.
Wisconsin, Eugene Edward Brossard, 1923
5
Kenya Gazette
0. XX, r. 3. Execution against garnishee. 0. XX, r. 4. Trial of liability of garnishee. 0 . XX, r. 5. 3. Tf the garnishee does not dispute the debt due or claimed to be due from him to the judgment-debtor, or, if he does not appear upon the day of ...
6
Florida Legal Secretary
When any garnishee has any of the personal property of defendant in his/her possession or control and surrenders it, the sheriff will receive the property and sell it under the execution against defendant (FS §77.14). If garnishee will not ...
Kathleen J. Hill, Thomas W. Overton, 1999
7
Construction Law Handbook
Garnishee proceedings are used if the judgment debtor itself is owed money by a third party. For example, if it can be shown that the judgment debtor has a bank account which is in credit, it is possible to obtain a garnishee order requiring the ...
‎2000
8
Litigation and Trial Practice
If a garnishee's disclosure states that the garnishee does not have any money or property that belongs to the judgment debtor, the creditor may challenge the disclosure by moving the court for leave to serve a supplemental complaint on the ...
Janis Walter, Roderick D. Blanchard, 2006
9
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
garnish; garnishee, v.t. In AmE, the usual verb form is garnish ( = to take property, usu. a portion of someone's salary, by legal authority). Garnishee is usually reserved for the nominal sense ("a person or institution, such as a bank ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
10
Wisconsin Statutes, 1957: Embracing All General Statutes in ...
the execution against the garnishee shall require the sheriff to pay the money collected into court to abide the event of the principal action. Moneys paid into court shall be paid to the plaintiff when final judgment shall be rendered in his favor, ...
Wisconsin, James J. Burke, 1957

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARNISHEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garnishee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Garnishee order ruling a 'victory for the poor' | National | BDlive
A COURT ruling this week in favour of an application by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Legal Aid Clinic about emoluments attachment orders ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
SUNDAY TIMES - Legal activists get garnishee orders canned
He was referring to Wednesday's ruling in a case challenging the legality of EAOs, or garnishee orders, that left some of the most vulnerable ... «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
3
New financial sector summit needed - SACP | News24
The party also lamented illegal garnishee orders, which its deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin said was eating up to 90% of affected ... «News24, Jul 15»
4
U.S. goes after wages of PSU official to recoup restitution in eco …
But earlier this week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Bickers filed a writ of garnishment against Sherman and named PSU as the garnishee. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Victory for consumers in 'garnishee' case: Hanna Barry
SIKI MGABADELI: We are going to be looking at the implications of the Western Cape High Court judgment on emolument attachment orders or ... «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
6
Blue-collar workers trump micro-lending industry
Many have now been granted temporary financial relief after Judge Siraj Desai ruled that the garnishee orders against the group were unlawful ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
7
Mogoeng hitting back
Meanwhile, the Western Cape High Court has ruled garnishee orders to take from the salaries of a group of Stellenbosch low income earners ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
8
Objections raised to proposed VAT-rate hike: Tumisang Ndlovu
... be looking at the implications of the Western Cape High Court judgment on emolument attachment orders, better known as garnishee orders. «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
9
Credit given far too easily
He said there was also a need to investigate the number of garnishee orders that were illegal. sibanyonim@sowetan.co.za. Email ... «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
10
HRC: Ruling on garnishee orders is a victory for the poor
The Commission said the garnishee orders were issued by Magistrates Courts to compel the workers' employers to deduct money from their ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

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