Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun writ_of_execution

1 sense of writ of execution

Sense 1
execution, writ of execution -- (a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out)
       => court order -- (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)