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  1. Execution warrant - Wikipedia

    • An execution warrant (also called a death warrant or a black warrant) is a writ that authorizes the execution of a condemned person. In the United States either a judicial or executive official designated by law issues an execution warrant. This is done when a person, in trial court proceedings, has been sentenced to death, after trial and conviction, an… See more

    United Kingdom

    Mary, Queen of Scots, whose death warrant was signed by Elizabeth I, and King Charles I were among the most famous victims of death warrants in British history. See more

    See also

    Bill of attainder (capital or other punishment of a specific person authorized by a legislature rather than a court)
    Fatwa (in the western usage of the term to mean a religious warrant to kill)… See more

     
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