execution of a judgment

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• EXECUTION — (Civil), laws concerning methods of recovering a debt. Definition and Substance of the Concept In Jewish law, a debt or obligation (ḥiyyuv) creates in favor of the creditor not only a personal right of action against the debtor, but also a right… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• judgment — judg·ment also judge·ment / jəj mənt/ n 1 a: a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court; esp: final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition …   Law dictionary

• judgment–proof — adj: of or being one (as a judgment debtor) from whom nothing can be recovered because he or she has no property, his or her property is not within the jurisdiction where the judgment was obtained, or he or she is protected from execution of the… …   Law dictionary

• judgment — A sense of knowledge sufficient to comprehend nature of transaction. Thomas v. Young, 57 App. D.C. 282, 22 F.2d 588, 590. An opinion or estimate. McClung Const. Co. v. Muncy, Tex.Civ.App., 65 S.W.2d 786, 790. The formation of an opinion or notion …   Black's law dictionary

• judgment — A sense of knowledge sufficient to comprehend nature of transaction. Thomas v. Young, 57 App. D.C. 282, 22 F.2d 588, 590. An opinion or estimate. McClung Const. Co. v. Muncy, Tex.Civ.App., 65 S.W.2d 786, 790. The formation of an opinion or notion …   Black's law dictionary

• Execution warrant — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …   Wikipedia

• execution sale — A sale, usually at public auction, by a sheriff or other ministerial officer of property seized by him in levying an execution, pursuant to and under the authority of the writ or process of execution, for the purpose of obtaining from the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• judgment creditor — noun : a creditor having a legal right to enforce execution of a judgment for a sum of money a suit in equity by two judgment creditors of an insolvent … corporation Corporation Journal compare judgment debtor …   Useful english dictionary

• execution — ex·e·cu·tion /ˌek si kyü shən/ n 1: the act or process of executing witnessed the execution of the will 2: a putting to death as fulfillment of a judicial death sentence 3: the process of enforcing a judgment (as against a debtor); also: a… …   Law dictionary

• execution — The act of getting an officer of the court to take possession of the property of a losing party in a lawsuit, the judgment debtor, on behalf of the winner, the judgment creditor, so that it may be sold and the proceeds may be used to pay the… …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

• Execution — Ex e*cu tion, n. [F. ex[ e]cution, L. executio, exsecutio.] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. [1913 Webster] The excellence of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English