Execution

Introduction to Execution

Execution, putting an individual to death as a legal penalty for a crime or for political or religious reasons. Sometimes, executions have been carried out by self-appointed commissions or mobs, without due process of law.” (1)

Execution in International Trade

Meaning of Execution, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): 1. The signing of a document, such as a contract.

2. A legal process for enforcing a judgment for damages, usually by seizure and sale of the debtor’s personal property. For example, if a court awards damages in a breach of contract action and the reaching party fails to remit them, the party awarded damages may request the court to order seizure and sale of breaching party’s inventory to satisfy the award.

Execution, Property

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Execution, Property (1): While an execution against a territorial parish may be levied on the property of a member of the parish, it can not be levied on property of a person who ceased to be a member before the levy.217

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

See Also

• Religion
• Church

Resources

Notes and References

• Information about Execution in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Execution