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garnisher

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A quick definition of garnisher:

A garnisher is someone who tries to get money from a person who owes them by asking a third party (called the garnishee) to give them money or property that belongs to the person who owes them.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A garnisher is a creditor who takes legal action to collect a debt by seizing property or money that is owed to the debtor by a third party, known as the garnishee. The garnisher initiates a garnishment action to reach the debtor's property that is thought to be held or owed by the garnishee. The term can also be spelled as garnishor.

Example 1: John owes $5,000 to ABC Bank. The bank files a lawsuit against John and obtains a court order to garnish his wages. The bank then sends a notice to John's employer, who is the garnishee, to withhold a portion of John's paycheck and send it directly to the bank until the debt is paid off.

Example 2: Mary owes $10,000 to XYZ Credit Card Company. The company files a lawsuit against Mary and obtains a court order to garnish her bank account. The bank, which is the garnishee, freezes Mary's account and sends the money to the credit card company until the debt is paid off.

These examples illustrate how a garnisher can use legal means to collect a debt by seizing property or money that is owed to the debtor by a third party. In both cases, the garnisher obtained a court order to garnish the wages or bank account of the debtor, and the garnishee was required to comply with the court order by withholding or freezing the debtor's property or money.

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texaslawhopefully
15:40
I guess it depends what your goals are. If it's generic biglaw, CLS will get you the same outcome
6 yrs on January 30th
lilypadfrog
15:40
awwww <3 i love love
I also like CLS for liberal clerking. approx 41 FCOA clerks per yr
It's there if I excel. if not then I'm chill with sticking to BL
texaslawhopefully
15:41
CLS is not even close to Chicago for clerking lmao
choosingpeace
15:41
wait would yall pick CLS or penn?
I didn't apply to either but I would pick penn
15:42
penn bc im in state
no no it's not. But I wouldn't clerk conservative, so idk about Chi #s for myself
cumsock
15:42
Penn
texaslawhopefully
15:42
I guess that's fair. From what I've heard UChicago for conservatives is on par w/ HYS for clerkships
texaslawhopefully
15:42
not sure about for liberals
cumsock
15:43
They’re very similar tho
cumsock
15:43
Both t6 ivies
Is that NYU disrespect???? NYU out the t-6?
15:44
Penn because my college friends who mentored me go there
lilypadfrog
15:45
NYU is a t6 unless they don’t accept me and then idgaf what they’re ranked
texaslawhopefully
15:46
That's the best mentality
texaslawhopefully
15:46
If I get into UChicago it will be CYS
lilypadfrog
15:48
waspy I’m sure he meant to clarify that CYS is Cornell Yale Stanford
yeah just making sure
I look really good in blue tho
obviously cornell is t3
cumsock
15:49
someone from my undergrad is going to columbia for a masters in social work and the way they are talking to me im pretty sure they think thats as hard to get accepted to as columbia law
every prof at cornell glazes it so hard
GreyCeaselessMammoth
15:50
i know so many heads going to various schools for random masters degrees and its like babe its not the sameeee
cumsock
15:50
"The acceptance rate for the Master of Science in Social Work (MSW) program at Columbia University is 74%" does he know?
15:50
@cumsock: some battles are won by avoiding fighting them
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