Executio
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration.
In old practice. Execution; the final process in an action.
— Executio honorum; 'In old English law. Management or administration of goods. Ad ecclesiam et ad amicos pertinebit executio bonorum, the execution of the goods shall belong to the church and to the friends of the deceased. Bract, foi. 60b.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. The doing or following up of a thing; the doing of a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration; the final process in an action. Executio est finis et fructus legis: execution is the end and fruit of the law. Executio juris uon habet injuriam: the execution of the law does not work a wrong.
In old English law. Executio bonorum: management or administration of goods.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. The doing or follow- {ng up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or adminis. tration. In old practices. Execution; the final process in an action.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from exequi, or exsequi, to follow up.] The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration. See Executio bonorum.