fierifacias

fierifacias
fi·er·i fa·ci·as (fī'ə-rē fāʹshē-əs, fāʹshəs) n. Law
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.
  [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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  • Elegit — (Latin for he has chosen ) was, in English law, a judicial writ of execution, given by the Statute of Westminster II (1285), and so called from the words of the writ, that the plaintiff has chosen (elegit) this mode of satisfaction. Previously to …   Wikipedia

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