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FORCED SALE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

In practice. A sale made at the time and in the manner prescribed bylaw. in virtue of execution issued on a judgment already rendered by a court ofcompetent jurisdiction; a sale made under the process of the court, and In the modeprescribed by law. Sampson v. Williamson, 6 Tex. 110, 55 Am. Dec. 7G2.A forced sale is a sale against the consent of the owner. The term should not bedeemed to embrace a sale under a power in a mortgage. Patterson v. Taylor. 15 Fla.330.

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