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Execution(finance)
execution(dictionary)
Execution(law)
Execution(money)
Stay Of Execution(law)
WAGE EXECUTION(law)
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EXECUTION, crim(law)
Warrant Of Execution(law)

execution (iou)



execution noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French execution from Latin ex(s)ecutio(n-), from ex(s)ecut-: see EXECUTE, -ION.]
The action or an act of putting a person to death, esp. as a judicial punishment. Formerly also, any judicial, usu. corporal, punishment. LME.
N. Mosley His method of execution was to inflict innumerable small wounds so that his victims did not know that they were dying.
The action or an act of executing a plan, purpose, command, law, etc. LME.
H. James There are a great many good ideas that are never put into execution.
b. The enforcement by a public officer of the judgement of a court of law; esp. the seizure of the goods or person of a debtor in default of payment. E16.
c. The practical display or manifestation of a sentiment or principle. L16-M17.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI Scarce I can refrain The execution of my big-swol'n heart Upon..that cruel child-killer.
Destructive effect; infliction of damage or slaughter; destruction, esp. of a country refusing to pay a levy. Now chiefly in do execution. E16.
fig.: Thackeray Black eyes, which might have done some execution had they been placed in a smoother face.
Action, operation. M16-E18.
b. Efficiency or excellence in action. M16-E17.
The carrying out of a planned or skilled operation or movement, the production of a work of art or skill; the (manner of) performance of a piece of music. Formerly, the performance of a ceremony or religious service. M16.
S. Beckett I managed a few steps of creditable execution and then fell. H. Read The charm of a great master's drawing is partly the extraordinary skill and sureness of its execution. Personal Software It has a speed of execution close to that of machine code.
b. An act of executing a movement, work of art, etc.; a deed; a musical performance. Usu. in pl. L16-E18.
c. Excellence in performance, esp. of music. L18.
The fulfilment or discharge of a function or office. L16.
The performance of the formalities required to validate a legal document. L18.
executionary adjective E20.