venditioni exponas
venditioni exponas (ven-dish-ee-oh-nI eks-poh-n[schwa]s). [Latin “you are to expose for sale”] A writ of execution requiring a sale to be made. • The writ is directed to a sheriff when he has levied upon goods under a fieri facias but has made return that they remain unsold for lack of buyers. In some jurisdictions, a venditioni exponas is issued to require a sale of lands seized under an earlier writ, after they have been condemned or passed upon by inquisition. — Abbr. vend. ex.; v.e.[Cases: Execution 217. C.J.S. Executions § 214.]