§ 1-15-102 — Definitions

Wyoming § 1-15-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 01: Civil Procedure
• Ch. 15: ATTACHMENT, REPLEVIN AND GARNISHMENT
• Art. 1: IN GENERAL

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(a) As used in this chapter unless otherwise defined:
(i) "Attachment" means the procedure by which a
plaintiff obtains a judicial lien on a defendant's property
prior to judgment;
(ii) "Continuing garnishment" means any procedure for
withholding the earnings of a judgment debtor for successive pay
periods for payment of a judgment debt;
(iii) "Court" means any district court or circuit
court of this state;
(iv) "Defendant" means a person whose property is
being attached, garnished or replevied by a plaintiff and
includes a judgment debtor after entry of judgment;
(v) "Disposable earnings" means that part of an
individual's earnings remaining after the deduction of all
amounts required by law to be withheld;
(vi) "Earnings" or "earnings from personal services"
means compensation paid or payable for personal services,
whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus,
proceeds of any pension or retirement benefits or deferred
compensation plan or otherwise;
(vii) "Garnishee" means a person other than a
plaintiff or defendant who is in possession of earnings or
property of the defendant and who is subject to garnishment in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(viii) "Garnishment" means the procedure by which a
plaintiff on whose behalf a writ of garnishment has been issued
against a defendant reaches tangible or intangible personal
property of the defendant in the possession, control or custody
of, or debts or other monetary obligations owing by, a third
person;
(ix) "Judgment creditor" means any person who has
recovered a money judgment against a judgment debtor in a court
of competent jurisdiction;
(x) "Judgment debtor" means any person who has a
judgment entered against him in a court of competent
jurisdiction;
(xi) "Officer" means sheriff;
(xii) "Plaintiff" means a person who is attaching,
garnishing or repleving property of a defendant and includes a
judgment creditor after entry of judgment;
(xiii) "Replevin" means the procedure by which a
plaintiff in a pending action to recover possession of property
obtains redelivery of property claimed to be wrongfully taken or
detained;
(xiv) "Financial institution" means as defined in
W.S. 13-1-401(a)(ii).