Writ of execution

Writ Of Execution
(n) A writ of execution is the written order issued by the law enforcing officer to enforce the judgment of the court the way the court orders.

Writ of Execution: A court order authorizing the seizure of an asset of a non-custodial parent who owes past due child support.

Writ of execution - An order of the court evidencing debt of one party to another and commanding the court officer to take property in satisfaction of the debt.

Writ of execution: An order of the court that its judgment (decision) be carried out.
Written consent: Consent given in writing in lieu of a meeting to approve certain actions.
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writ of execution
n. a court order to a law enforcement officer to enforce a judgment by levying on real or personal property of a judgment debtor to obtain funds to satisfy the judgment amount (pay the winning plaintiff).

Writ of Execution
An order directed to a sheriff or other law enforcement officer to levy and execute upon the property of a judgment debtor to satisfy a judgment.

WRIT OF EXECUTION, practice. A writ to put in force the sentence that the law has given: it is addressed to the Sheriff (and in the courts of the United States, to the marshal) commanding him, according to the nature of the case, ...

Writ of Execution:
A routine court order by which the court attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to levy on the property belonging to the judgment debtor, which is located within the county.

Writ of Execution: An order issued by a court requiring the performance of a specified act, or giving authority to have it done. It is used to allow the levying officer the power to take the judgment debtor's property.

Term: Writ Of Execution
Definition: An order directed to a sheriff or other law enforcement officer to levy and execute upon the property of a judgment debtor to satisfy a judgment.

Writ Of Execution
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writ of execution
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Generally, a writ of execution may be levied against any real property or personal property of the defendant. The plaintiff must file the writ of execution with the probate judge in the county where the defendant's property is located.

The name of a writ of execution. It is so called because, when writs were in Latin, the words directed to the sheriff were, quod fieri facias de bonis et catallis, etc.; that you cause to be made of the goods and chattels, etc.

Writ of Execution A general term referring to the process of the court available to enforce court orders and judgments. It is most commonly used to refer specifically to a Writ of Seizure and Sale.

willful - writ of execution - A writ to put in force the judgment or decree of a court.

Writ of execution Formal process issued by court generally evidencing the debt of the defendant to the plaintiff and commanding the officer to take the property of the defendant in satisfaction of the debt.

ELEGIT (Lat. for "he has chosen"), in English law, a judicial writ of execution, given by the Statute of Westminster II. (1285), and so called from the words of the writ, that the plaintiff has chosen (elegit) this mode of satisfaction.

The emphatic words of a writ of execution by which the sheriff delivered possession of a freehold to the demandant. 3 Bl. Com. 412; id. 359. Seisina facit stipitem. Seisin makes the stock.

HABERE FACIAS SEISINAM
practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution, used in most real actions, by which the sheriff is directed that he cause the demandant to have... more ...

Definition
: a creditor who has a money judgment entered against the debtor and may enforce the judgment (as by attachment or writ of execution)
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At the end of the case the successful plaintiff would be awarded a writ of execution (a type of final process) to carry the judgment into effect. The original writs were extremely limited in number.

writ of attachment
writ of coram nobis
writ of execution
writ of mandate (mandamus)
writ of prohibition
write-off
wrongful death
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See also: Wrong, Writ of certiorari, Writ of garnishment, Writ of error, Wrongful death