Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

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Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of sacking a town.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Flagrant :: Flagrant (a.) Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging..
Facilitate :: Facilitate (v. t.) To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task..
Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Espadon :: Espadon (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners..
Reprieve :: Reprieve (v. t.) To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
Jack Ketch :: "Jack Ketch () A public executioner, or hangman..
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..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste..
Execution :: Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
Decollation :: Decollation (n.) The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
Sheriff :: Sheriff (n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace..
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.; workmanship; execution..
Execution :: Execution (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy..
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