Brewer's: Fi. Fa.

A contraction of the two Latin words, fieri facias (cause it to be done). A judicial writ for one who has recovered damages in the Queen's courts, being a command to the sheriff to see the judgment of the court duly carried out.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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