Pfändungsbeschluss
garnishment order; court order to seize assets
noun PFEN-dungs-be-shlus Rare
Usage Note
Pfändungsbeschluss is a court order directing a third party (usually an employer or bank) to withhold funds owed to a debtor and pay them to a creditor. Statutory protection limits (Pfändungsfreigrenzen) apply to wages.
Examples
"Der Pfändungsbeschluss verpflichtete die Bank, das Konto zu sperren."
Natural Translation
The garnishment order obligated the bank to freeze the account.
Literal Translation
The garnishment-order obligated the bank, the account to-freeze.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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