Legal Definition and Related Resources of Execute

To complete , as a legal instrument ; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as to execute a will or deed. To perform; to finish; to accomplish an act.

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.

(Accomplish), verb

• achieve
• act
• act upon
• attain
• bring about
• bring to pass
• carry into effect
• carry into execution
• carry out
• commit
• complete
• discharge
• do
• effect
• effectuate
• efficere
• enact
• fulfill
• manage
• perform
• perpetrate
• put in action
• put in force
• realize
• see through
• succeed
• take action
• transact
• Associated Concepts: execute a contract
• execute a note
• execute a promise
• execute a warrant
• execute after entry of a judgment
• execute an agreement
• execute an instrument
• execute an obligation
• execute an order
• execute the laws
• executed consideration
• executed contract
• executed estate
• executed fine
• executed remainder
• executed trust
• execution creditor
• execution debtor
• execution lien
• execution sales
• garnishment
• tax execution

(Sentence to death), verb

• condemn
• condemn to death
• deprive of life
• dispatch
• end life
• inflict capital punishment
• kill
• punisn with death
• put to death
• put to death according to law
• slay
• supplicium
• Associated Concepts: execute pursuant to a death sentence
• execution of a sentence
• sentence

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Translate Execute from English to Spanish

Translation of Execute , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Firmar oficialmente and other legal terms is available here.

• Firmar oficialmente
• Llevar a cabo
• Cumplir
• Llevar a efecto
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English Spanish Translation of Execute

To execute: formalizar, suscribir, firmar.
To execute a contract: suscribir, firmar un <a href="https://Leyderecho.org/derecho-contractual/”>contrato

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Meaning of Execute in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Execute published by the National Association for Court Management: To complete the legal requirements such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also, to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.

Concept of Execute in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Execute: To complete; to fulfill a purpose, such as to execute an instrument, meaning to sign, seal (modernly, to notarize), and deliver.

Concept of Execute in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Execute: To complete; to fulfill a purpose, such as to execute an instrument, meaning to sign, seal (modernly, to notarize), and deliver.

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Execute

(You may find execute at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

late 14c. “to carry into effect” (transitive, mostly in law with reference to warrants, sentences, etc.), also “carry out or accomplish a course of action” (intransitive), from Old French executer (14c.), from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin execut-/exsecut-, past participle stem of exequi/exsequi “to follow out, to follow to the grave,” figuratively “to follow, follow after, accompany, follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce; execute, accomplish; punish, avenge,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + sequi “follow” (from PIE root *sekw- (1) “to follow”). Meaning “to inflict capital punishment” is from late 15c., from earlier legal sense “perform judgment or sentence on” (early 15c.). Related: Executed; executing.

Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Execute

(You may find execute at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

late 14c. “to carry into effect” (transitive, mostly in law with reference to warrants, sentences, etc.), also “carry out or accomplish a course of action” (intransitive), from Old French executer (14c.), from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin execut-/exsecut-, past participle stem of exequi/exsequi “to follow out, to follow to the grave,” figuratively “to follow, follow after, accompany, follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce; execute, accomplish; punish, avenge,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + sequi “follow” (from PIE root *sekw- (1) “to follow”). Meaning “to inflict capital punishment” is from late 15c., from earlier legal sense “perform judgment or sentence on” (early 15c.). Related: Executed; executing.