Terminus [ Lohnpfändung ]

Kontext 1
Bei Schuldnern, die Arbeitslohn oder vergleichbare Leistungen beziehen, kann diese Leistung oder der Lohn gepfändet werden. Zu diesem Zweck besorgt sich der Gläubiger im Papierwarenfachhandel das Formular "Pfändungs- und Überweisungsbeschluß" und "Vorläufiges Zahlungsverbot".
http://www.schuldnerschutzbund.de/Lpf01/lpf01.html (18.9.2002)

Definition 1
Also known as wage execution. A court-ordered method of debt collection in which a portion of a person's salary is paid to a creditor. Often used to collect child support payments. The process by which a judgment creditor seizes money, which is owed to his judgment debtor, from a third party known as a garnishee.
http://www.lectlaw.com/def/g003.htm

Kontext 1
States with the highest bankruptcy rates already have stringent wage-garnishment laws, yet net losses to credit-card issuers in such states have been similar to those in states following less restrictive bankruptcy rules.
BW, 21.5.2001