judicial sale

English Thesaurus

1. a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	sale, sales agreement,
definition	:	an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) (noun.communication)