1. Noun
The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
2. Noun
A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
3. Noun
The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
4. Noun
The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
5. Noun
A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
6. Noun
The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
7. Noun
That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
8. Noun
The act of sacking a town.
9. Noun
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
Vocabulary classified under Law
10. Noun
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Vocabulary classified under Law
11. Noun
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
Vocabulary classified under Law
12. Noun
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology
13. Noun
putting a condemned person to death
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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