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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1672"
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description: "Definitions"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "41"
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chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
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section: "1672"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1672"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1672 - Definitions
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## Text
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For the purposes of this subchapter:
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 302, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 163.)
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