execution

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• WordNet 3.6
  • n execution 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"
  • n execution unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
  • n execution the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • n execution putting a condemned person to death
  • n execution 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
  • n execution (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
  • n execution (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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• Interesting fact: Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years. Average age ofthe Rolling Stones: 50.6.
• • Execution (Law) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
  • Execution A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer; to grant a stay of execution . "A warrant for his execution ."
  • Execution That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. "To do some fatal execution ."
  • Execution The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. "The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution ."
  • Execution The act of sacking a town.
  • Execution (Law) 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.
  • Execution 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. "The first quality of execution is truth."
  • Execution (Law) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
  • Execution The mode of performing any activity; as, the game plan was excellent, but its execution was filled with mistakes.
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• Interesting fact: In 1386, a pig was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child
• • n execution The act or process of completing or accomplishing; the act or process of carrying out in accordance with a plan, a purpose, or an order.
  • n execution The act of performing or doing, in general; performance; hence, mode, method, or style of performance; the way in which a desired effect is produced; especially, in art and music, the technical skill manifested; facility in the manipulation of a work or an instrument, in singing, or in performing a part.
  • n execution In law: The act of affixing, as to an instrument, the tokens of assent, as by signing, sealing, delivering, etc., or by the performance of such acts and the observance of such forms as are required by law to make it the act of the party: as, the execution of a deed.
  • n execution The instrument, warrant, or official order by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment of a court into effect: properly called a writ of execution. An execution for debt is issued by a court or an officer of a court, and is levied by a sheriff, his deputy, or a marshal or a constable, on the property or person of the debtor.
  • n execution Popularly, the levy itself.
  • n execution The act of giving effect (to) or of carrying into effect; the act of enforcing; enforcement; especially, the carrying into effect of the sentence or judgment of a court.
  • n execution Specifically The carrying out of a death sentence; capital punishment; the act of putting to death as directed by a judge of court: as, the execution of a murderer.
  • n execution Effective work, or the result attained by it: generally after do: as, the speech did good execution for our side; every shot did execution.
  • n execution The pillaging or plundering of a country by the enemy's army.
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• Interesting fact: In ancient Rome, people found guilty of murdering their fathers were executed in a bizarre manner. The punishment was to be put in a sack with a rooster, a viper, and a dog, then drowned along with all three animals.
• • Execution act of executing or performing: accomplishment: completion: carrying into effect the sentence of a court of law: the warrant for so doing: the infliction of capital punishment
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• Francis Bacon

  

  “Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.”
• T. Boone Pickens

  

  “Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders.”
• Source Unknown

  

  “Among the worries of today's business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll.”
• Dustin Hoffman

  

  “A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.”
• Donald Bullock

  

  “Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.”
• Peter F. Drucker

  

  “Decision making is the specific executive task.”

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