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writ of execution

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noun

  1. law a writ ordering that a judgment be enforced

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In September, a federal judge approved a writ of execution to the Federal Reserve in New York to seize the $7 billion to cover the judgment the plaintiffs had won nearly a decade earlier.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Jackson’s lawyers reportedly filed a writ of execution against Mari and are actively searching for answers regarding her income and finances to recoup the loss.

From Fox News • May 19, 2021

If granted by the court, the writ of execution could allow law enforcement to begin a transfer of real property, assets or money to the filing party as a result of the judgment.

From Fox News • May 19, 2021

According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, a writ of execution was ordered in March 2020 and executed within a month later by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

From Fox News • Jul. 17, 2020

Before this court the most venerable institutions of the realm may be brought to have their merits sifted, and an adverse verdict is to be followed by a writ of execution.

From The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various