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Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution..

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..

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..

Hangman :: Hangman (n.) One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office..

Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..

Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state..

Factum :: Factum (n.) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity..

Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death..

Deathsman :: Deathsman (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

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

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..

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..

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold..

Dispatchful :: Dispatchful (a.) Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks..

Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc..

Administration :: Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act..

Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman..

Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of sacking a town.

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

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