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
• A term for contract killings
• The term also refers to Execution-style murder
• 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
• Execution (1968 film), a 1968 Italian film
• Execution, also known as Stark Raving Mad, a 1983 American film

See also

• The Execution (disambiguation)
• Execute (disambiguation)