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A contraction of the two Latin words, fiʹeri facias (cause it to be done). A judicial writ for one who has recovered damages in the Queen’s courts, being a command to the sheriff to see the judgment of the court duly carried out.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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