An official or legal notification, esp. one calling on a person to do something specified.

Notification in proper legal form; a formal notification. Now rare.

Law. = garnishment, n. Obsolete.

Law. A legal notice or warning, either general, or for the special purposes of (a) summoning a third party to appear in a suit, (b) attaching money…

Law. Notification of a requirement made by law, coupled with an announcement of the penalty that will be incurred in case of default. ? Obsolete.

U.S. Law. In Connecticut and Vermont: a court order directing that money or property of a third party be seized to satisfy a debt owed by a debtor; =…

a notice originating legal proceedings.

A thing connected with law; a legal formality; a legal notice.