in fíeri

  • 21fieri facias — noun In English law, a writ of execution issued after judgment obtained in a legal action for debt or damages …

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  • 22Fieri facias — Lit. cause to be done . Common law writ issued, e.g. for the collection of a debt. Such writs were addressed to a *sheriff for execution; he would seize goods and *chattels to the value of the judgement. In Latin documents the abbr. fi. fa was… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 23fieri facias — formal court order ordering the collection of a debt …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 24fieri facias — [ˌfʌɪərʌɪ feɪʃɪas] noun Law a writ to a sheriff for executing a judgement. Origin L., cause to be made or done …

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  • 25fieri — fi·eri …

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  • 26fieri facias — fi•e•ri fa•ci•as [[t]ˈfaɪ əˌraɪ ˈfeɪ ʃiˌæs[/t]] n. law a writ commanding a sheriff to sell as much of a debtor s property as necessary to satisfy a creditor s claim • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < L: lit., may it be caused to happen …

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  • 27fieri-facias — /fɪəri ˈfækiæs/ (say fearree fakeeas), /faɪəraɪ ˈfeɪʃɪəs/ (say fuyuhruy fayshears) noun a legal writ empowering a sheriff to levy execution on the goods of a debtor. Abbrev.: fi. fa. {Latin: cause it to be done} …

  • 28fieri facias — (Fi. Fa.) /fayaray feys(h)(i)yas/ Means that you cause (it) to be done. Judicial writ directing sheriff to satisfy a judgment from the debtor s property. In its original form, the writ directed the seizure and sale of goods and chattels only, but …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis — /fayaray feys(hXi)yas diy bownas akliyziyaestasas/ When a sheriff to a common ft. fa. returns nulla bona, and that the defendant is a beneficed clerk, not having any lay fee, a plaintiff may issue a ft. fa. de bonis ecclesiasticis, addressed to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30Fieri non debet (debuit), sed factum valet — /fayaray non debat, sed fsektam vslat /°debyuwat°/ It ought not to be done, but [if] done, it is valid …

    Black's law dictionary