attachment of earnings

English

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”)