Execution (disambiguation)

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Execution literally means the carrying into effect of a prior policy or decision. In common use, it may refer to

Society

• Capital punishment, the act of putting a person to death, in execution of a judicial sentence of death
• hence, a term for contract killings
• The term also refers to Execution-style murder
• Execution (legal term), the formal process, nowadays typically by signature and exchange of documents, by which a legal document such as a will or contract is made and put into binding effect.^[1] (Confusingly, a will is also said to be executed when its provisions are subsequently carried out by the executors)
• Execution (management), an aspect of management effectiveness whereby managers see that their plans are carried out by the members of the organization
• A writ of execution, ordering the enforcement of a judgment, typically by seizing and selling goods to satisfy a judgment debt.

Technology

• Execution (computing), the process in which a computer carries out instructions of a computer program.

Media and art

• Execution (novel), a fictional work by the Canadian author and war veteran Colin McDougall
• Execution (painting), a 1995 Chinese art painting
• Executions; a controversial video by Barrie Goulding
• Execution (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone

References

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