Ex`e*cu"tion (?), n. [F. ex'ecution, L. executio, exsecutio.]
The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion;
performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a
plan, a work, etc.  The excellence of the subject contributed
much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.   A putting to
death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the
execution of a murderer.  A warrant for his execution. Shak.
The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing
on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a
statue, painting, or piece of music.  The first quality of
execution is truth. Ruskin.  4. Law (a)  The carrying into
effect the judgment given in a court of law.   A judicial writ
by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into
effect; final process.   The act of signing, and delivering a
legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it
valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.   That which is
executed or accomplished; effect; e