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‖ levari facias Law.|liːˈvɑːrɪ ˈfeɪʃɪæs| [L., = cause to be levied, f. levari, to be levied, f. levāre to raise + facias cause, 2nd pers. sing. pres. subj. of facĕre to do, make.] (See quot. 1768.)
a1625H. Finch Law (1627) iv. xlvi. 471 A Leuari facias... Leuari facias to leuie execution of the profits of his land and Chattels. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxvi. 417 A third species of execution is by writ of levari facias; which affects a man's goods and the profits of his lands, commanding the sheriff to levy the plaintiff's debt on the lands and goods of the defendant;..little use is now made of this writ. 1818[see fieri-facias]. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 696/2 Levari facias is the means of levying execution for forfeited recognizances. 1959Jowitt Dict. Eng. Law II, Levari facias..had been practically superseded before 1883 by the writ of elegit; and the Bankruptcy Act, 1883, s. 146 (2), enacted that it should no longer be issued in any civil proceeding. |