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Commandement

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does not pay the sum to which he has been condemned by the judgment or which he engaged to pay by the notarial deed, his property will be seized and sold. Arg. Fr. Mere, Law, 550.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Frenchlaw. A writ served by the Awisster pursuant to a judgment er to an executory notarial deed. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does rot pay the sum to which he has been condemned by the judgment, or which he engaged to pay by the notarial deed, his property will be seized and sold. Arg. Fr. Mere. Law, 550.