Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-41/section-1672.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "15 U.S.C. § 1672"
+description: "Definitions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 15
+title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
+chapter_number: "41"
+chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
+section: "1672"
+citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1672"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1672"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 15 U.S.C. § 1672 - Definitions
+
+## Text
+
+For the purposes of this subchapter:
+
+(a) The term “earnings” means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program.
+
+(b) The term “disposable earnings” means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.
+
+(c) The term “garnishment” means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of any individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt.
+
+(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 302, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 163.)