English Explanatory Dictionary

writ of execution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a court order authorising an officer to carry a judgment into execution.
  2. a court order authorising an officer to seize and sell the judgment debtor's property in order to pay his judgment debt.

Word forms

writ of execution writs of execution
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