INTRODUCTION
The end product of every litigation is a judgment which
determines the right and obligations of the parties in respect of
the cause of action subject to the right to appeal. When judgment
is delivered, the party in whose favour the judgment was delivered
would usually take steps to enforce and execute the judgment in
order to reap the fruit of the judgment. By the general human
behaviour, Court orders would generally not be complied with if
enforcement procedures are not laid down, this explains the purpose
of judgment enforcement procedures.
There are basically two parties in the enforcement of judgment
viz: the Judgment creditor and judgment debtor but in garnishee
proceedings, we would also have the garnishee as a party. A party
in whose favour judgment has been given is called a judgment
creditor, while the party against whom the judgment was given is
called the judgment debtor. It must be noted however that the fact
that the terms "creditor" and
