2A:50-36. When sale under execution authorized; issue and record of writ In any civil action for the foreclosure or satisfaction of any mortgage, the superior court may order a sale of the mortgaged premises, or such part thereof as shall be sufficient to discharge the mortgage or encumbrances on the mortgaged premises, besides costs by virtue of a writ of execution issued for that purpose. The writ of execution shall, before it is issued, be recorded by the clerk of the court in the book kept by him for recording executions against real estate. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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