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Executed Writ

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A writ the command in which has been obeyed by the person to whom it was directed. EXECUTIO (Lat.) The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration. In Old Practice. Execution; the final process in an action. EXECUTIO BONORUM (Lat.)

In old English law. Management or administration of goods. Ad ecclesiam et ad amicos pertinebit exeeutio bonorum, the execution of the goods shall belong to the church and to the friends of the deceased. Bracton, fol. 60b. EXECUTIO EST EXECUTIO JURIS Secundum judicium. An execution Is the execution of the law according to the judgment. 3 Inst. 212. EXECUTIO EST FINIS ET FRUCTUS leg is. An execution is the end and the fruit of the law. Co. Litt. 289. EXECUTIO JURIS NON HABET INJURI-

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ which has been complied with.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A writ the command in which has been obeyed by the person to whom it was directed.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In practice. A writ carried into effect by the officer to whom it is directed. The term "executed," applied to a writ, has been held to mean "used." Amh. 6i.

Defined under Executed in Black's Law Dictionary.