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   Execution (?), n. [F. exécution, L. executio, exsecutio.]
   1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, “the execution of a plan, a work, etc.”
   
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   The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.
   
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   2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, “the execution of a murderer; to grant a stay of execution”.
   
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   A warrant for his execution. Shak.
   
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   3. 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”.
   
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   The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.
   
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   4. The mode of performing any activity; as, “the game plan was excellent, but its execution was filled with mistakes”.
   
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   5. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) 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”.
   
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   6. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
   
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   To do some fatal execution. Shak.
   
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   7. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.]  Beau. & FL.
   
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