Executio.L

Lat. In old practice. Execution; the final process in an action. See Execution. Executio est finis et fructus legis. Execution is the end and fruit of the law.

Co. Litt. 289.

An execution is the end of the law. It gives the successful party the fruits of his judgment.

Marshall, C. J., 9 Peters' R. 28.

It is the end in both of the English senses of the word; being not only the final proceeding in an action, but the object also for which the action is prosecuted, putting the party into actual possession of the lands, goods, or money to which he is entitled.

Executio juris non habet injuriam

The execution of the law does not work a wrong.

2 Inst. 482.

The imprisonment of a party in the execution and by virtue of lawful process, is not such an act as can be pleaded in avoidance of a contract entered into while under its coercion.

Broom's Max. 67.