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Forced Sale

In practice. A sale made at the time and in the manner pre* scribed by law, in virtue of execution issued on a judgment already rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction; a sale made under the process of the court, and in the mode prescribed by law. Sampson v. williamson, 6 Tex. 110, 55 Am. Dec. 762

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)