Execute

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To complete; to make; to perform; to do; to follow out. The term is frequently used in law; as, to execute a deed, which means to make a deed, including, especially, signing, sealing, and delivery. To execute a contract is to perform the contract. To execute a use is to merge or unite the equitable estate of the cestui que use in the legal estate, under the statute of uses. To execute a writ is to do the act commanded in the writ. To execute a criminal -is to put him to death according to law, in pursuance of his sentence.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To perform; to complete. See 12 N. J. L. 300.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To complete: to make; to perform; to do; to follow out The term is frequently used in law; as, to execute a deed, which means to make a deed, including especially signing, sealing, and delivery. To execute a contract is to perform the contract. To execute a use is to merge or unite the equit. ite of the cestui que use in the legal estate, under the statute of uses. To execute a writ is to do the act commanded in the writ. To execute a criminal is to put him to death according to law, in pursuance of his sentence.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To finish, accomplish, make complete, fulfill. To perform; obey the injunctions of. To make; as to execute a deed, which includes signing, sealing, and delivery. To perform; carry out according to its terms; as to execute a contract. To fulfill the purpose of; to obey; to perform the commands of; as to execute a writ. A statute is said to execute a use where it transmutes the equitable interest of the cestui que use into a legal estate of the same nature, and makes him tenant of the land accordingly, in lieu of the fcoffee to uses or trustee, whose estate, on the other hand, is at the same moment annihilated. 1 Steph. Comm. 339.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To complete; to carry out; to make effectual; to perform or fulfil; to carry into effect.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

To complete, finish, or perfect; to make effectual or operative.* A deed is not complete, and has no operation or effect, until executed, that is, signed sealed and delivered by the party making it. See Execution. To carry into effect; to make effectual; as by complying with, or acting under a legal order or authority; to obey the writ or mandate of a court. See Execution. A statute is said to execute a use, where it transmutes the equitable interest of cestuy que use into a legal estate of the same nature, and makes him tenant of the land accordingly, in lieu of the feoffee to uses or trustee, whose estate, on the other hand, is at the same moment annihilated. 1 Steph. Com. 339.