garnishment

noun

1. Law.
   1. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court’s direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor.
   2. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
2. adornment or decoration.

noun

1. the act of garnishing
2. decoration or embellishment; garnish
3. law
   1. a notice or warning
   2. obsoletea summons to court proceedings already in progress
   3. a notice warning a person holding money or property belonging to a debtor whose debt has been attached to hold such property until directed by the court to apply it