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• execute — ex·e·cute / ek si ˌkyüt/ vt cut·ed, cut·ing 1: perform: as a: to carry out fully includes not only executed violence, but also threatened violence Louisiana Civil Code …   Law dictionary

• warrant, death — n. A warrant issued by a governor or other high officer ordering a law enforcement officer to execute a convicted criminal who has been sentenced to death. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… …   Law dictionary

• warrant — warrantless, adj. /wawr euhnt, wor /, n. 1. authorization, sanction, or justification. 2. something that serves to give reliable or formal assurance of something; guarantee, pledge, or security. 3. something considered as having the force of a… …   Universalium

• warrant — verb In contracts, to engage or promise that a certain fact or state of facts, in relation to the subjectmatter, is, or shall be, as it is represented to be. In conveyancing, to assure the title to property sold, by an express covenant to that… …   Black's law dictionary

• warrant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ arrest, death, search ▪ The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend. ▪ royal (BrE) ▪ outstanding …   Collocations dictionary

• execute — verb 1 kill sb as an official punishment ADVERB ▪ summarily ▪ illegally ▪ publicly ▪ wrongly ▪ innocent people who are wrongly executed …   Collocations dictionary

• European Arrest Warrant — The European Arrest Warrant (EAW, or more rarely, EUAW) is an arrest warrant to allow the arrest of criminal suspects and their transfer for trial or detention which is valid throughout the states of the European Union (EU). The Arrest Warrant is …   Wikipedia

• No-knock warrant — In the US, a no knock warrant is a warrant issued by a judge that allows law enforcement officers to enter a property without immediate prior notification of the residents, such as by knocking or ringing a doorbell. In most cases, law enforcement …   Wikipedia

• death warrant — noun a warrant to execute the death sentence • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑warrant * * * noun, pl ⋯ rants [count] : an official document ordering a person to be killed as a punishment often used figuratively The law suit was the… …   Useful english dictionary

• To serve a warrant — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Civilian enforcement officer — Not to be confused with Civil enforcement officer. Civilian enforcement officers are employees of Her Majesty s Courts Service and are responsible for enforcing magistrates court orders. They can seize and sell goods to recover money owed under a …   Wikipedia