attachment of earnings

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Noun

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

  1. (law) A legal process by which a creditor may take funds directly from the debtor’s wages.
    • 1989, J. R. Spencer, editor, Jackson’s Machinery of Justice, →ISBN, page 88:
      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.

Derived terms

  • AEO (“attachment of earnings order”)
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