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Glossary

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Wage Assignment

A voluntary agreement by an employee to transfer (or assign) parts of future wage payments to pay a debt, like child support.

Wage Attachment

An involuntary transfer of a portion of an employee’s wage payment to repay a debt. (See also income withholding, wage withholding.)

Wage Garnishment

A legal procedure that requires the employer of a judgment debtor to withhold a portion of the judgment debtor’s wages to satisfy a judgment.

Wage Withholding

A legal procedure that allows deductions to be made from wages or income on a regular schedule. The deductions are used to pay a debt, like child support. Wage withholding often is incorporated into a child support order. It can be voluntary or involuntary. Also known as “income withholding.” (See also direct income withholding, earnings assignment, income withholding.)

Waiver

The intentional or voluntary relinquishment of a known right.

Witness

A person who has knowledge of facts having to do with a case being tried and who gives testimony.

Writ

A written court order saying that certain action must be taken. Can be a writ of:

attachment—an order to attach specified property;

certiorari—an order by an appellate court granting or denying a review of judgment;

execution—an order to enforce a court judgment;

habeas corpus—an order to release someone that has been unlawfully imprisoned;

mandamus (or mandate)—an order to perform any act designated by law to be part of a person’s duty or status; or

prohibition—the opposite of a writ of mandate that orders that further proceedings or other official acts be stopped (usually issued from a higher to a lower court).

Writ of Execution

An order issued by a court requiring the performance of a specified act, or giving authority to have it done. It is used to allow the levying officer the power to take the judgment debtor’s property.

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