Wage garnishment - A nonbankruptcy legal proceeding whereby a plaintiff or creditor seeks to subject to his or her claim the future wages of a debtor. In other words, the creditor seeks to have part of the debtor's future wages paid to the creditor for a debt owed to the creditor.⏎
Toll - See statute of limitations.⏎
Voluntary transfer - A transfer of a debtor's property with the debtor's consent.⏎
Uphold - The appellate court agrees with the lower court decision and allows it to stand. See affirmed.⏎
Statement of financial affairs - A series of questions the debtor must answer in writing concerning sources of income, transfers of property, lawsuits by creditors, etc. (There is an official form a debtor must use.)⏎