Noun Definition

execution

1.Definition: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Category: General

2.Definition: (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

Category: General

3.Definition: 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

Category: General

4.Definition: putting a condemned person to death

Category: General

5.Definition: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

Related Noun(s):implementation

Category: General

6.Definition: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

Related Noun(s):performance

Category: General

7.Definition: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Related Noun(s):murder

Category: General