a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | putting a condemned person to death |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | 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 |
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | (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 |
| (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer |