Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

executory process

Civil law. 1. A process that can be resorted to either (1) when the right of a creditor arises from an act importing a confession of judgment, and that contains a privilege or mortgage in the creditor's favor, or (2) when the creditor demands the execution of a judgment that has been rendered by a different tribunal. 2. An accelerated procedure, summary in nature, by which the holder of a mortgage or privilege evidenced by a confession of judgment seeks to effect an ex parte seizure and sale of the subject property.