GARNISH  , a word meaning to See also:

• FIT

fit out, equip, furnish, now particularly used of decoration or See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament . It is formed from the O . Fr. garnisant or guarnissant, participle of garnir, guarnii , to furnish, equip . This is of See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic origin, the See also:

• BASE

base being represented in O . Eng. warnian, to take warning, beware, and Ger. warnen, to warn, Eng. warn; the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense would be to guard against, fortify, hence equip or fit out . The meaning of " warn " is seen in the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• TERM

term " garnishee," a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who owes See also:

• MONEY

money to or holds money belonging to another and is " warned " by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court not to pay it to his immediate creditor but to a third" person who has obtained final See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment against that creditor .