exsĕcūtĭo (exec-), ōnis, f. [exsequor], an accomplishing, performance, execution (post-Aug.).
I In gen.: instituti operis, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53: legis, Front. Aquaed. fin. —
II Esp.
A In jurid. lang., a judicial prosecution , indictment : delictorum quorundam, Dig. 47, 1, 1: criminis, delicti, ib. 50, 16, 131 fin. ; cf. ib. 178, § 2.—
B Jurisdiction , official authority : exsecutionem ejus negotii libens suscepit (Corbulo), Tac. A. 3, 31: Syriae, i. e. administration , government , id. ib. 15, 25.—
C Of speech, a discussion , complete treatment : differam hoc in praesenti: desiderat enim propriam et longam exsecutionem, etc., Sen. Ep. 52 fin. ; id. Contr. 3 praef.; Quint. 5, 13, 27; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 6.— Plur. : exsecutiones rerum vitare, Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 32.