Execution
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(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
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the act of performing
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unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
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putting a condemned person to death
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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
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(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- capital punishmentdeath penaltyexecutingexecution of instrumentimplementationinstruction executionmurderperformanceslayingwrit of execution
- plural
- Executions
- possessive
- Execution's
- pluralpossessive
- Executions'