sheriff's sale — UK US noun [C] US LAW ► in the US, the public sale of someone s property because they cannot pay their debts: »They bought the house in a sheriff s sale … Financial and business terms
sheriff’s sale — n. A sale of property by a sheriff or court officer ordered by a court to satisfy a judgment, such as a foreclosure, often conducted as an auction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… … Law dictionary
Sheriff's sale — A sheriff s sale is an auction sale of property held by the sheriff pursuant to a writ (court order) of execution (to seize and sell the property) to satisfy (pay) a judgment, after notice to the public … Wikipedia
sheriff's sale — noun a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court s writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation • Syn: ↑execution sale, ↑judicial sale, ↑forced sale • Hypernyms: ↑sale, ↑sales agreement … Useful english dictionary
sheriff's sale — See execution sale; judicial sale … Ballentine's law dictionary
sheriff’s sale — / ʃerɪfs seɪl/ noun US a public sale of the goods of a person whose property has been seized by the courts because he has defaulted on payments … Dictionary of banking and finance
sale — n 1 a: the transfer of title to property from one party to another for a price; also: the contract of such a transaction see also short 1 2 compare barter, donation … Law dictionary
sheriff's deed — see deed Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sheriff s deed … Law dictionary
sheriff — sher·iff n [Old English scīrgerēfa, from scīr shire + gerēfa reeve (king s agent)]: an official of a county or parish charged primarily with judicial duties (as executing the processes and orders of courts and judges) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary … Law dictionary
sheriff — (n.) late O.E. scirgerefa representative of royal authority in a shire, from scir (see SHIRE (Cf. shire)) + gerefa chief, official, reeve (see REEVE (Cf. reeve)). In Anglo Saxon England, the representative of royal authority in a shire. As an… … Etymology dictionary
