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garnishment
CIDE DICTIONARY
garnishment, n. [Cf. OF. garnissement protection, guarantee, warning.].
- Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. [1913 Webster]
- A fee. See Garnish,
n. , 4. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
garnishment
adjunct, adornment, angary, annexation, annexure, arrangement, attachment, certiorari, citation, collectivization, color, color patterns, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, decor, decoration, distraint, distress, elaboration, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, eminent domain, execution, expropriation, flourish, flower arrangement, furniture arrangement, garnish, garniture, habeas corpus, illumination, impoundment, impressment, levy, monition, nationalization, ornament, ornamentation, right of angary, sequestration, socialization, subpoena, summons, trim, trimming, venire, venire de novo, venire facias, window dressing, writ of summonsFor further exploring for "garnishment" in Webster Dictionary Online