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Executioner




Executioner

The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman.

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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.

Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.

Hangman
The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner.



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Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.

Executio non
These words occur in the stat.in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non. To a plea in bar to such a writ, the defendant should conclude that the plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid execution thereof against him, which is called the executio non, as in other cases by actio non.

Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.

Execution paree
By the term execution paree, which is used in Louisiana, is meant a right founded on an authentic act; that is, and passed before a notary, by which the creditor may immediately, without citation or summons, seize and cause to be sold, the property of his debtor, out of the proceeds of which to receive his payment.

Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.

Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.

Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.

Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.

Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.

Executrix
A woman who has been appointed by. will to execute such will or testament.



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Exeat
Ecclesiastical law. This is a Latin term, which is used to express the written permission which a hishop gives to an ecclesiastic to exercise the functions of his ministry in another diocese.

Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.

Executio non
These words occur in the stat.in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non. To a plea in bar to such a writ, the defendant should conclude that the plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid execution thereof against him, which is called the executio non, as in other cases by actio non.

Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.

Execution paree
By the term execution paree, which is used in Louisiana, is meant a right founded on an authentic act; that is, and passed before a notary, by which the creditor may immediately, without citation or summons, seize and cause to be sold, the property of his debtor, out of the proceeds of which to receive his payment.

Executioner

Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.

Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.

Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.

Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.

Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.

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