execution
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- n putting a condemned person to death
- n the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- n (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- n (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 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 the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- n unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- One theory has him killing as early as the age of 14, but Bundy -- who chose to divulge many of his secrets as he tried to bargain for more time before execution -- never confessed .
- After a six-hour hearing that had been scheduled for just an hour, the George State Board of Pardons and Paroles late Monday announced a 90-day stay of execution for Troy Anthony .
- A penchant for the death penalty gets its toughest test: The pending execution of a mentally retarded inmate.