·- A writ of execution at common law.
·- A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show caus...
·- A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Calle...
A red-faced man is said to have been served with a writ of fieri facias. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose