Society

• A term for contract killing
  Contract killing
  Contract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...
  
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• A writ of execution
  Writ of execution
  A writ of execution is a court order granted in an attempt to satisfy a monetary judgment obtained by a plaintiff. When issuing a writ of execution, a court typically will order a sheriff or other similar official to take possession of property owned by a judgment debtor...
  
  , ordering the enforcement of a judicial judgment
• Capital punishment
  Capital punishment
  Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
  
  , the act of putting a person to death, specifically, the execution of the sentence of death upon someone condemned
• Capital punishment in the United States
  Capital punishment in the United States
  Capital punishment in the United States, in practice, applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder. Capital punishment was a penalty at common law, for many felonies, and was enforced in all of the American colonies prior to the Declaration of Independence...
  
  , on the specific history and situation in the United States
• Execution (legal term), the formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect
• Execution (management), an aspect of management effectiveness whereby managers see that their plans are carried out by the members of the organization

Technology

• Execution (computing), the process in which a computer carries out instructions of a computer program.

Media and art

• Execution (novel)
  Execution (novel)
  Execution is a 1958 war novel by Canadian novelist and Second World War veteran Colin McDougall . Although it won McDougall the 1958 Governor General's Award for English language fiction, it was his only novel, and after publishing it to wide acclaim he retreated into a quiet life as Registrar of...
  
  , a fictional work by the Canadian author and war veteran Colin McDougall
• Execution (painting)
  Execution (painting)
  Execution is a Chinese art painting by Beijing artist Yue Minjun. The piece was inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, although the artist stated through translation that the art should not be viewed as depicting what happened at Tiananmen Square...
  
  , a 1995 Chinese art
  Chinese art
  Chinese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early so-called "stone age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. This early period was followed by a series of art...
  
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• Executions; a controversial video by Barrie Goulding
  Barrie Goulding
  Barrie Goulding is a UK TV producer who has produced several controversial videos, among them Caught In The Act and Executions. Caught In The Act features uncensored CCTV footage of, among other things, armed robberies, drug deals, and coverage of the scandal over the Princess Diana video spy...
  
  
• Execution (The Twilight Zone)
  Execution (The Twilight Zone)
  "Execution" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It features Albert Salmi, who also plays the lead character in the Season 4 episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville".-Synopsis:...
  
  , an episode of The Twilight Zone