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‖ fieri-facias Law.|ˈfaɪəraɪˈfeɪʃɪæs|
[L. fierī-facias cause to be made, f. fierī (see prec.) + facias cause, 2nd pers. sing. pres. subj. of facĕre to do, make.]
‘A writ wherein the sheriff is commanded that he cause to be made out of the goods and chattels of the defendant, the sum for which judgement was given’ (Blackstone); the common process for executing a judgement. Often quoted as Fi. fa |ˈfaɪˈfeɪ|.
1463Paston Lett. II. No. 474. 135 A fieri facias is come out of the Exchequir for Hue Fen. 1544tr. Nat. Brev. 177 He shal haue execucyon against them by the statute of acton Burnel by a fieri facias. 1685Keble King's Bench Rep. I. 947 Recovery of Debt on Fi. fa. direced to the Sheriff into London. 1728Carthew King's Bench Rep. (1741) 419 There were two distinct Writs of Fi. fa. brought to the Sheriff. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 174 Nor were lands originally liable to a private person's debts, nor any execution but by fieri or levari facias. 1829Maule & Selwyn King's Bench Rep. VI. 110 The plaintiff claimed as a purchaser of a term, seized and sold by the sheriff under a writ of fi. fa.
†b. punningly. (Cf. fiery a. 4 b.) Obs.
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. V. 44 Purseuants with red noses..a purseuant..with the verie reflexe of his firie facias. 1608Pennyless Parl. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 74 They that drink too much Spanish sack shall..be served with a fiery-faces. 1611[see facies 1]. 1667Dryden Wild Gallant ii. ii, I use to tell him of his Title, Fiery facias. |