名詞 garnishment:

1. a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

gar.nish.ment

n.（名詞）
Law
【法律】
A legal proceeding whereby money or property due a debtor but in the possession of another is applied to the payment of the debt owed to the plaintiff.
向（第三方）下達(dá)扣押令：一種法律手續(xù)，由此屬于債務(wù)人的但為第三者掌管的財物被加于所欠原告的債務(wù)費(fèi)用中
A court order directing a third party who holds money or property belonging to a defendant to withhold it and appear in court to answer inquiries.
扣押令：一種法院的命令，命令持有被告財物的第三人保留這些財物，并且到庭應(yīng)詢
Ornamentation; embellishment.
裝飾；布置