execution

• putting a condemned person to death
• the act of performing
• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
• (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
• 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
• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
• The act of executing
• A putting to death as a legal penalty
• The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc
• The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law
• A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect
• The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid
• That which is executed or accomplished
• The act of sacking a town

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