concept
Writ of Execution (ispolnitelny list)
writ of execution
also: исполнительный лист, ispolnitelny list
A court-issued document authorizing a creditor to collect a judicially confirmed debt, by force via a bailiff if necessary; in "The Poison" it is handed over as an offhand wedding gift, standing in for cash and setting the whole plot in motion.
Reading notes
- The Poison §11 writ of execution
An ispolnitelny list (writ of execution) was a court-issued document authorizing a creditor to collect a judicially confirmed debt, by force via a bailiff if necessary; Kadykin hands Lysov not cash but a legal instrument for chasing an old, awkward, decades-stale debt -- a 'gift' that is really an assignment of a quarrel.