SHERIFF'S SALE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation

Synonyms:

execution sale; forced sale; judicial sale; sheriff's sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sheriff's sale" is a kind of...):

sale; sales agreement (an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer))

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