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Wage garnishment

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000237

A non-bankruptcy legal proceeding whereby a plaintiff or creditor seeks to subject to their claim the future wages of a debtor. In other words, the creditor seeks to have part of the debtor's future wages paid to the creditor for a debt owed to the creditor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000237
FieldLaw
ReferencesU.S. Courts Glossary of Legal Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000237",
  "term": "Wage garnishment",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A non-bankruptcy legal proceeding whereby a plaintiff or creditor seeks to subject to their claim the future wages of a debtor. In other words, the creditor seeks to have part of the debtor's future wages paid to the creditor for a debt owed to the creditor.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Courts Glossary of Legal Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/wage-garnishment/"
}

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