WRIT OF EXECUTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

Synonyms:

execution; writ of execution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)