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  gas contract.Oil & gas. An agreement for the sale of natural gas. [Blacks Law 8th]

  gas-balancing agreement.Oil & gas. A contract among owners of the production of a gas well to balance pro-duction if one owner sells more of the gas stream than the other owners do. “Gas balancing agreements address the problem of imbalances in production from a gas well or field. Co-owners frequently sell their share of…

  Garrity statement (gar-<<schwa>>-tee). A public employee’s oral or written report (as of an incident) obtained under a threat of termination of employment. • A public employee usu. makes a Garrity statement in the course of an internal investigation (as by a police department). Because a Garrity statement is coerced, the statement and any evidence…

  garnishor. See GARNISHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

  garnishment lien.See LIEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

  garnishment,n.1. A judicial proceeding in which a creditor (or potential creditor) asks the court to order a third party who is indebted to or is bailee for the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor’s property (such as wages or bank accounts) held by that third party. • A plaintiff…

garnisher. A creditor who initiates a garnishment action to reach the debtor’s property that is thought to be held or owed by a third party (the garnishee). — Also spelled garnishor. [Cases: Garnishment 11.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  garnishee (gahr-ni-shee), n. A person or institution (such as a bank) that is indebted to or is bailee for another whose property has been subjected to garnishment. — Also termed garnishee-defendant (as opposed to the “principal defendant,” i.e., the primary debtor). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 601; Garnishment 13–24.] garnishee (gahr-ni-shee), vb. See GARNISH. [Blacks…

Garner doctrine. The rule that allows shareholder plaintiffs in a corporate derivative action to discover confi-dential communications between a corporate officer and the corporation’s attorney. The Garner doctrine does not apply to attorney work product, and the movant must show good cause.Garner v. Wolfinbarger, 430 F.2d 1093 (5th Cir. 1970). See DERIVATIVE ACTION(1). [Cases: Federal…

Garmon preemption.See PREEMPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]