warrant of execution
21Death warrant — can refer to:* An execution warrant * Death Warrant , the 1990 action film starring Jean Claude Van Damme …
22death warrant — noun A warrant that authorizes capital punishment. Syn: execution warrant …
23Death warrant — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …
24To serve a warrant — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …
25death warrant — noun Date: 1692 1. a warrant for the execution of a death sentence 2. deathblow …
26death warrant — death′ war rant n. 1) a warrant authorizing the execution of a death sentence 2) a deathblow • Etymology: 1685–95 …
27return of warrant — A return of a warrant for the arrest of a person, by the officer to whom it was given for service, showing substantially all that the officer did within the scope of proper execution. Gibson v Holmes, 79 Vt 110, 62 A 11 …
28To serve an execution — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …
29death warrant — 1. an official order authorizing the execution of the sentence of death. 2. anything that ends hope, expectation, etc. [1685 95] * * * …
30death warrant — order authorizing execution; something that causes hope to be lost, something that cancels expectations …