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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..

Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.

Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.

Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..

Blank :: Blank (n.) A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc..

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

Staff :: Staff (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major..

Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.

Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

Executioner :: Executioner (n.) One who executes; an executer.

Levari Facias :: Levari facias () A writ of execution at common law.

Arduousness :: Arduousness (n.) The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.

Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

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..

Administration :: Administration (n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use..

Stiptic :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.

Insurrection :: Insurrection (n.) A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state..

Extent :: Extent (n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

Hand :: Hand (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

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