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attachment of earnings

attachment of earnings noun: a legal process by which a creditor may take funds directly from the debtor’s wages.

Noun

attachment of earnings (countable and uncountable, plural attachments of earnings)

  1. A legal process by which a creditor may take funds directly from the debtor’s wages.
    • Attachment of earnings is administered by the county courts; the procedure can be used for High Court judgments, but they must be transferred to the county court for the purpose.1989, J. R. Spencer, editor, Jackson’s Machinery of Justice, →ISBN, page 88

Forms of attachment of earnings

pluralattachments of earnings

Words formed from attachment of earnings

Questions about attachment of earnings

What does attachment of earnings mean?
Attachment of earnings means a legal process by which a creditor may take funds directly from the debtor’s wages.
What part of speech is attachment of earnings?
Attachment of earnings is a noun.
What is the plural of attachment of earnings?
The plural of attachment of earnings is attachments of earnings.

Words near attachment of earnings in the dictionary

  1. attaching
  2. attachingness
  3. attachment
  4. attachment disorder
  5. attachment disorders
  6. attachment of earnings
  7. attachment parenting
  8. attachment theory
  9. attachment therapies
  10. attachment therapy
  11. attachments

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