Legal Definition and Related Resources of Equitable Execution

A mode of obtaining payment of a judgment debt by the appointment of a receiver of property of a defendant . An equitable relief, which the court gives because execution at law cannot be had. Not a means of reaching assets which in their nature are not exigible , but a means of freeing exigible assets from impediments in the very way of execution and reaching them when such impediments prevent them from being taken in ordinary course .

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English Legal System: Equitable Execution

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Equitable Execution : Means of enforcing the judgment of a court when the judgment creditor cannot obtain satisfaction from the normal methods of *execution. For example, the creditor may appoint a receiver to manage the defendant’s property or he may obtain an injunction to prevent the defendant from dealing with the property. These remedies are often regarded as relief granted by the court, rather than as execution.