(I have caused to be made.) In practice. The name given to the return made by a sheriff or other officer to a writ of fieri facias, where he has collected the whole, or a part, of the sum directed to be levied 2 Tidd, Pr. 1018. The return, as actually made, is expressed by the word “Satisfied” indorsed on the writ.
Fieri non debet, (debnit,) sed faotnm valet. It ought not to be done, but [if] done, it is valid. Shep. Touch. 6; 5 Coke, 30; T. Raym. 58; 1 Strange, 526. A maxim frequently applied in practice. Nichols v; Ketcham, 19 Johns. (N. Y.) 84, 92.