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Fieri Facias
(fee-air-ee fay-shee-es) Latin for "that you cause to be done." This is a court document that instructs a sheriff to seize and sell a defendant's property in order to satisfy a monetary judgment against the defendant.
LA-WS2:DRU.1.4.2.130523.20011