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sheriff's sale 
a sale of property or goods conducted by a sheriff following a court order for seizure and sale to satisfy a judgment.
- 1809 Mutation Fines are . . . due to the Crown on Property acquired at Sheriff's Sales.
- 1841 The entire concern, which cost £20,000, was disposed of at a Sheriff's sale in December last for £1100.
- 1883 There will be a sheriff's sale of goods and chattels belonging to the late firm of Hambly & Miller, barbers, etc., on Saturday next.
- 1966 [Notice] Sheriff's Sale of Lands--Under and by Virtue of an Execution issued out of the Ninth Division Court of the County of York to me directed against the lands and tenements of . . . Plaintiff. . . .
- 1809 Mutation Fines are . . . due to the Crown on Property acquired at Sheriff's Sales.