"a garnishment" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
A garnishment is a legal process used by creditors to obtain money that a person owes them. It typically involves a court-ordered deduction of money from commissions, wages, or bank accounts. For example: "The victim's wages were garnished by the court in order to pay off the debt."
The result of a garnishment of salary proceeding, if successful, is an order of the court requiring the employer to deduct and pay to the creditor a percentage of the debtor's salary until the debt is satisfied.
If the creditor had decided to sue while the joint account was still open, a garnishment could have negatively affected my credit if the account had gotten pushed into overdraft.
Ask for a garnishment order.
Debtors are not too happy after they receive a garnishment notice from their job so you may want to have a law officer or a third party present when communicating with them in person.
You won't receive money if the individual already has a wage garnishment, such as child support or another judgment or he or she doesn't make enough money.
Borrowers who default can face a lifetime of consequences, including inability to borrow for a car or a house, wage garnishment, seizure of tax refunds, or even, in an era when employers increasingly check credit reports, difficulty in getting a job.
A common form of garnishment involves a creditor attaching the wages of an employee owed to him by his employer.
After winning, creditors can secure a court order to seize part of the debtor's paycheck or the funds in a bank account, a procedure called garnishment.
Go to the county clerk's office to obtain an application for a writ of garnishment or attachment of earnings order.
Complete the application for a writ of garnishment or attachment of earnings order.
Upon receiving confirmation that the debtor is employed, you can ask the Court for an order of garnishment, which will be sent to the employer to begin garnishing the debtor's wages.
