(n.) One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money.
(v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
(v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
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Interpleader
Definition:
(n.) One who interpleads.
(n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.