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
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.