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WRIT OF EXECUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does writ of execution mean?
• WRIT OF EXECUTION (noun)
The noun WRIT OF EXECUTION has 1 sense:
1. a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Familiarity information: WRIT OF EXECUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
execution; writ of execution
Hypernyms ("writ of execution" is a kind of...):
court order (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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