Execution - Definition
execution
n 1: putting a condemned person to death [syn: execution,
executing, capital punishment, death penalty]
2: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using
knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they
criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally
improves performance" [syn: performance, execution,
carrying out, carrying into action]
3: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction
by a computer [syn: execution, instruction execution]
4: (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 [syn: execution, execution of instrument]
5: 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 [syn: execution, writ of execution]
6: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;
"the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
[syn: execution, implementation, carrying out]
7: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human
being [syn: murder, slaying, execution]