Writ of execution
The court order that allows a judgment to be carried out by force — seizure, attachment, sale or eviction — issued on the creditor's application after the time the judgment allowed for voluntary compliance has passed.
IN PRACTICE
What it means in practice
Winning and being paid are two different exercises. The court does not enforce a judgment for you: the creditor applies for the writ, opens the file at the Legal Execution Department, tells the execution officer what to seize or attach and where it is, and puts up the costs of doing it. The period is ten years, but both the day it starts and what the creditor must actually have done inside it turn on the provision as amended, and a good deal of material still in circulation states the earlier rule; confirm before any date is given to a client. That is why the first day of an enforcement file is spent counting from the date on the judgment.
THE TERM
The same term elsewhere
- ไทย
- หมายบังคับคดี
- 简体中文
- 执行令（强制执行令状）
- Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code, on execution of judgments and orders
ENQUIRIES
