Fieri Facias
FIERI FACIAS, usually abbreviated fi. fa. (Lat. "that you cause to be made"), in English law, a writ of execution after judgment obtained in action of debt or damages. It is addressed to the sheriff, and commands him to make good the amount out of the goods of the person against whom judgment has been obtained. (See Execution.)
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
