garnishment
/ˈɡɑː.nɪʃ.mənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡɑːr.nɪʃ.mənt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgär-nish-mənt/ (ame, mw)
garnishment — 名詞
- garnishmentsingular
- garnishmentsplural
1. a legal process authorized by a court, in which money is taken directly from a p
薪資扣押
法院命令從薪資或銀行帳戶扣款償債的程序
a legal process authorized by a court, in which money is taken directly from a person's wages or bank savings to repay an unpaid debt — typically by sending an order to their employer or bank
Theo received a wage garnishment notice after falling behind on his credit card payments for six months.
Theo 在信用卡帳款逾期六個月後，收到了工資扣押的通知。
collocation: wage garnishment notice
A bank account garnishment left Dr. Okafor with no way to pay her rent that month.
銀行帳戶遭到扣押，讓 Okafor 醫生那個月連房租都付不出來。
collocation: bank account garnishment
The judge issued a garnishment order directing Mr. Johansson's employer to withhold his wages until the student loan was repaid.
法官簽發了薪資扣押令，要求 Johansson 先生的雇主扣留他的工資，直到學生貸款還清為止。
A garnishment took twenty-five percent of Mrs. Kowalski's weekly paycheck after she fell behind on her medical bills.
Mrs. Kowalski 拖欠醫療帳單後，法院扣押了她每週百分之二十五的薪資。
- wage attachment
a near-synonym used in some legal systems, though 'attachment' more broadly refers to seizing property before a court judgment
- debt collection order
a broader, less technical term for any court order that compels repayment, not limited to earnings or bank accounts
- income execution
used in some U.S. states (e.g. New York) as the technical name for wage garnishment
文法句型
garnishment + of + [wages/bank account]
garnishment + order/notice
用法筆記
Distinguish from lien (a creditor's right to keep property until a debt is repaid) and levy (seizure of property by a tax authority such as the IRS). Garnishment uniquely involves a third party — an employer or bank — who holds the debtor's assets and is legally required — under a court order — to send those assets to the creditor. It is most common in cases of unpaid child support, defaulted student loans, and credit card debt.