Făc'tor-ize, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. FACTORIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. FACTORIZING.] (Law.) (a.) To give warning to; — said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money nor deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b.) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third person; to garnish. See GARNISH. [Vt. and Conn.]