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Execution and Compulsion

noun

  • Putting a condemned person to death.
  • The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it.
    • usage: "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
  • Computer science. ( the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
  • Law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it. ( so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable)
  • A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out.
  • The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
    • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

Execution is the process of completing an order to buy or sell securities. Once a trade is executed, it is reported by a Confirmation Report; settlement (payment and transfer of ownership) occurs in the U. S. Between one (mutual funds) and three (stocks) days after an order is executed. The time varies greatly across countries. In France, for example settlements are only once per month.

noun

  • An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid.
    • usage: "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
  • An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.
    • usage: "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
  • Using force to cause something to occur.
    • usage: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
(n.) The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.