Execution in United Kingdom

Definition of Execution

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Execution :

1. The process of carrying out a sentence of death imposed by a court.

See also capital punishment.

2. The enforcement of the rights of a judgment creditor (See also enforcement of judgment). The term is often used to mean the recovery of a debt only, especially by seizure of goods belonging to the debtor under a writ of *fieri facias or a warrant of executio In the case of property not subject to ordinary forms of execution, e.g. an interest under a trust, judgment is enforced by means of *equitable execution

3. The completion of the formalities necessary for a written document to become legally valid. In the case of a *deed, for example, this comprises the signing and delivery of the document.

See also execution of will.