gar·nish·ment /'gär-nish-mənt/ n: a remedial device used by a creditor to have property of the debtor or money owed to the debtor that is in the possession of a third party attached to pay the debt to the creditor; specif: attachment of the debtor's wages to satisfy a judgment compare wage assignment at assignment
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.