Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

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Carnifex :: Carnifex (n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman..
Malexecution :: Malexecution (n.) Bad execution.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Deathsman :: Deathsman (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution..
Date :: Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter..
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..
Technic :: Technic (a.) The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.
Administration :: Administration (n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use..
Executive :: Executive (a.) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc..
Lockman :: Lockman (n.) A public executioner.
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Extent :: Extent (n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Flagrant :: Flagrant (a.) Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging..
Burin :: Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin..
Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..
Executioner :: Executioner (n.) One who executes; an executer.
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