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Garnishment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. Warning; legal notice to the agent or attorney of an absconding debtor.

3. A fee.

Garnishment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration.

2. Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.

3. Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee.

4. A fee. See Garnish, n., 4.