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Meanings of sheriff's sale in English

A sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation.

Usage of sheriff's sale in English
1
The property had been seized, and was now offered at sheriff's sale!
Ten Nights in a Bar Room
2
I was sole at sheriff's sale for debt to Massa Sparks.
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3
He's been to Woodfield this afternoon, attending a sheriff's sale there.
Twice-Told Tales
4
I've bought ten fifty vara lots at sheriff's sale for five thousand dollars.
The Gray Dawn
5
Call off the sheriff's sale at the last minute; I'll pay the costs myself.
The Gray Dawn
6
Soon after our removal to the village, grandfather's estate was advertised for sheriff's sale.
Half a Century
7
The sheriff's sale came off at the advertised date.
The Gray Dawn
8
At the sheriff's sale there were no bona fide bidders except the secret agents of Malcolm Neil.
The Gray Dawn
9
Conway allowed the Bar L-M to go under the hammer and at the sheriff's sale Conway himself bought it in-
The Short Cut
10
It fell into the courts with the whole of Monroe's tangled business and finally Zindorf gets it at a sheriff's sale.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
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Long, long time ago, she and her husband had been sold at sheriff's sale and separated, and she never had another husband.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
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"Fifteen hundred dollars' worth of new marsh at least," said Will, joyously, "and no debt on the farm, no foreclosure, no sheriff's sale!
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