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n

The court- ordered imposition of a sentence of execution as punishment for a crime. See also punishment (capital punishment).

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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