Enforcement of Judgment in United Kingdom

Definition of Enforcement of Judgment

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Enforcement of Judgment : The processes by which the orders of a court may be enforced. Orders for the payment of money may be enforced by a variety of methods, including a writ of *fieri facias (in the county court, a warrant of execution), *garnishee proceedings, *charging orders, the appointment of a *receiver, a writ of *sequestration, and (rarely) an order of committal (See committal in civil proceedings). In the county court (and in the High Court in certain matrimonial proceedings only) *attachment of the debtor’s earnings is also available.

Judgments for possession of land may be enforced by *writ of possession (in the county court, a warrant of possession). Judgments for delivery of goods may be enforced by *writ of delivery (in the county court, a warrant of delivery). Judgments relating to performance of or abstention from some act (e.g. an *injunction) may be enforced by order of committal or writ of sequestration.