Lawyers, please help me come up with this word?

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I'm trying to think of a word but I can't remember it for the life of me. It starts with the letter "S" i believe and only an Attorney can do it. Basically, an attorney can order a bank to allocate funds from someone's bank account. It's not a FREEZE but it's similar to it and the word starts with the letter "S". It's called like a strain or something I think. What word am I thinking of? Its on the tip of my tongue.
Hi JP, thanks for your answer....unfortunately, it's definitely not the first 2 words..the 3rd word is close but I'm 99% sure it starts with just the letter "S".
Leslie, you have no clue what u are talking about so you can put it where the sun don't shine.

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When a judgement has been entered against someone, a lawyer can have place an order to have something put against someone's bank account. If someone has $500 in their account, the lawyer could have an order placed for $200 and have the $200 out of the $500 held. It's called a strain or something.
 
No lawyer can order a bank to do anything.
Even with a subpoena (a judge's not a lawyers order) a lawyer presenting it to a bank cannot make them allocate funds from someone else's account.
The reason you cannot think of it is because it does not exist, so estop.
 
You're probably thinking of the word, "restraint," but a lawyer cannot merely issue a restraint on your account (unless the law in your jurisdiction is odd). In some jurisdictions, after a plaintiff obtains a judgment (i.e. wins the case), then the plaintiff's lawyer can send "restraining notices" to banks, which compel the banks to restrain accounts (i.e. not permit withdrawals) maintained in the name of the defendant until the judgment is satisfied.
 
I'm not a lawyer. However,

It's called a Writ of Garnishment. It's a court order.

" Whoever holds a judgment against you can go to someone else who owes you money or is holding money for you and intercept that money through a wage garnishment or garnishment of your bank account. Anyone who owes you money, or holds money for you, is called the "garnishee defendant" and through the garnishment process, can be forced to reveal to the court how much money they owe you.

Then, the court can require, through an order called a Writ of Garnishment, to force the bank or your employer to pay a certain part of the money owed to you, into the court registry. After receiving payment, the court turns the money over to whoever holds the judgment.

In order for someone to garnish your wages or bank account, they need to know someone who owes you money or where you bank or where you work before they can proceed with a garnishment action. The garnishment process costs a small fee (around $20.00 in most states), plus the costs of serving the papers. You will more than likely have to pay these fees as well. "
 
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