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Performance :: Performance (n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty..

Elegit :: Elegit (n.) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired..

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

Carnifex :: Carnifex (n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an 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..

Light :: Light (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution..

Move :: Move (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

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

Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.

Workmanship :: Workmanship (n.) The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

Burin :: Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin..

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

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.

Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy..

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

Bodily :: Bodily (a.) Real; actual; put in execution.

Return :: Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document..

Technic :: Technic (a.) The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.

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..

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