execution
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 23 U.S. 51 - Bank of the United States v. Halstead · 1825Most cited · 116 citing opinions
life of the law
An execution is the fruit and end of the suit, and is very aptly called the life of the law. The suit does not terminate with the judgment; and all proceedings on the execution, are proceedings in the suit.
How often courts cite the cases defining “execution”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “execution” — 136 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1825–1867
though the order of sale here described may not come under the name of any of the recognized common law writs of execution, as capias, fieri facias, or others, yet it comes clearly within the function and supplies the purpose of an execution—that is, a process issuing from a court to enforce its judgment
order of sale