A Writ of Execution is a court order to sell property to satisfy a judgment. It is a court order granted to put in force a judgment of possession obtained by a plaintiff from a court, which will typically order a sheriff or similar official to take possession of property owned by a judgment debtor. Such property will then be sold in a sheriff's sale and the proceeds remunerated to the plaintiff in partial or full satisfaction of the judgment. If the judgment debtor owns real property, the judgment creditor can record the execution to "freeze" the title until the execution is satisfied.
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