# How executions work

What an execution file is, where it comes from, the life of a file and of its procedures, how the money is followed and billed, and who sees what.

A judgment the firm wins is not yet money in the client's account or a right restored. The **Executions** app follows what comes after: asking the execution court to enforce the judgment, and every step until it is fully enforced.

## The file {#the-file}

An execution file names the client and the client's role: **Executor** when the client asks for the enforcement, **Executor against him** when the judgment is enforced against the client. It names the other parties, the lawyers, the execution court and the number the court gave it. Its **Type** says what is enforced: **Financial** for money, **Direct** for an act, **Family Matters** for personal status.

Only courts marked **Execution Court** can receive a file, so the list stays short and correct.

## Where a file comes from {#where-it-comes-from}

A file can start on its own, or from what came before it:

- a case with a won or lost primitive or final judgment, or a canceled case;
- a consultation, when the firm advised on an enforceable document;
- a client request of type **Execution**, approved by the firm.

The file keeps the link in **Other Info**, and the case, consultation or request counts its files.

## The life of a file {#the-life}

A file starts as a **Draft**, goes **In Progress** when the work starts, and ends **Finished**, **Suspended** or **Rejected**, each with its reason and date. A suspended file goes back **In Progress** when the obstacle is gone; meanwhile each of its lawyers has a to-do to resume it.

While it is in progress, the file gathers what happens before the court:

- **enforcement procedures**, the requests the firm files, each moving from **Review** to **In Progress**, then **Finished** or **Rejected**;
- **decisions** of the execution judge and **sessions** with their minutes;
- **hearings**, when the file needs one, kept with the cases' hearings.

## The money {#the-money}

A financial file records the **Total Amount** awarded, the **Reserved Amount** the court holds, and every payment collected with its payer, date and method. **Paid Amount** and **Remaining Amount** follow from the payments. The firm's own fees are a separate matter: **Create Invoice** bills them, and the file shows what was invoiced and what is unpaid.

## Who sees what {#who-sees-what}

Access to executions has three levels in the **Legal Rights** section of a user:

- **Read-only** reads every file of the company and its reports, without changing them.
- **User: Own Documents** works on the files where they are one of the lawyers or a follower.
- **Manager: All Documents** works on every file and opens the **Configuration** menu.

The settings decide what the clients receive by e-mail (a new state, a new procedure, a new decision), whether lawyers get a periodic reminder of their open files, and the number of days given to resume a suspended file.

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- Source: https://jaah.app/docs/law-execution/how-executions-work
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- Version: Executions 19.0.1.1.37