EXECUTIONS
Noun
executions
plural of execution
Source: Wiktionary
EXECUTION
Ex`e*cu"tion, n. Etym: [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.
The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of
the execution. Dryden.
2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted;
as, the execution of a murderer.
A warrant for his execution. Shak.
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.
The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.
4. (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.
5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; --
usually with do.
To do some fatal execution. Shak.
6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] Beau. & FL.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition