Lat. The doing or following up of a thing; the doing a thing completely or thoroughly; management or administration.
In old practice. Execution; the final process in an action. Executio bonorum. In old English law. Management or administration of goods. Ad ecclesxam et ad amicos pertinebit executio bonorum, the execution of the goods shall belong to the church and to the friends of the deceased Bract fol. 606.
Executio est executio juris secundum judicium. 3 Inst 212. Execution is the execution of the law according to the judgment
. Executio est finis et fruotus legis. Co. Litt. 289. Execution is the end and fruit of the law.
Executio juris non habot injuriam. 2 Roll. 301. The execution of law does no injury.