Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer..

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Commission :: Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission..
Tout-ensemble :: Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts..
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
Skill :: Skill (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc..
Execution :: Execution (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will..
Factum :: Factum (n.) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity..
Blunderbuss :: Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution..
Donee :: Donee (n.) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor..
Espadon :: Espadon (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners..
Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
Administration :: Administration (n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use..
Hatching :: Hatching (n.) A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching..
Expedition :: Expedition (n.) A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty..
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