Execution is the act of putting a person to death, in execution of a judicial sentence of death, which is also known as capital punishment.
Execution may also refer to:
Society A term for contract killings Extrajudicial killing, the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process Summary execution, the act of killing a person who is accused of a crime without benefit of a full and fair trial A writ of execution, ordering the enforcement of a judgment, typically by seizing and selling goods to satisfy a judgment debt
Technology Execution (computing), the process in which a computer carries out instructions of a computer program
Media and art Execution (novel), a 1958 fictional work by the Canadian author and war veteran Colin McDougall Execution (painting), a 1995 Chinese art painting "Execution" (Scott & Bailey), a 2011 television episode "Execution" (The Twilight Zone), a 1960 television episode Execution (1968 film), a 1968 Italian film Execution, also known as Stark Raving Mad, a 1981 American film Execution (album), an album by Tribuzy Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, a 2002 business book by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
See also Execute (disambiguation) The Execution (disambiguation)