Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A writ of execution authorizing a sheriff to lay a claim to and seize the goods and chattels of a debtor to fulfill a judgment against the debtor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, an execution against property; a writ issued, after the rendering of a judgment for a sum of money, commanding the sheriff to levy upon the goods, or the goods and lands, of the judgment debtor for the collection of the amount due. Abbreviated to
fi. fa .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Law) A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law In
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin fierī faciās, you should cause (it) to be done (words used in the writ) : Latin fierī, to be done + Latin faciās, second person sing. present subjunctive of facere, to do, cause.]
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From Latin that you cause to be made.
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