Execution

·noun The act of sacking a town.

II. Execution ·noun The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

III. Execution ·noun That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work;

— usually with do.

IV. Execution ·noun A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

V. Execution ·noun A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

VI. Execution ·noun The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, ·etc.

VII. Execution ·noun The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.

VIII. Execution ·noun The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, ·etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.