execution Meaning and Definition

1. n. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

2. n. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

3. n. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

4. n. putting a condemned person to death

5. 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

6. 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

7. n. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer