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WRIT OF POSSESSION Definition & Legal Meaning

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This Is thewrit of execution employed to enforce a judgment to recover the possession of land. Itcommands the sheriff to enter the land and give possession of it to the person entitledunder the judgment. Smith, Act. 175.

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