Execution (disambiguation)

Execution is the act of putting a person to death, in execution of a judicial sentence of death, which is also known as capital punishment.

Execution may also refer to:

Society

  • A term for contract killings
  • Extrajudicial killing, the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process
  • Summary execution, the act of killing a person who is accused of a crime without benefit of a full and fair trial
  • A writ of execution, ordering the enforcement of a judgment, typically by seizing and selling goods to satisfy a judgment debt

Technology

Media and art

See also

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