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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

Execution; administration; management.

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.