English Explanatory Dictionary

fieri facias

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In English law, a writ of execution issued after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages.

Word forms

fieri facias

Etymology

From Middle English fieri facias, from Medieval Latin fierī faciās (“thou shouldst cause it to be done”), which is not a normal Classical Latin construction but a calque from Romance causatives from faciō and infinitive (attested since Late Latin).

Derived words

fi fa fi. fa.
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