Death Warrant
An order from the executive, the governor of a state, or the president directing the warden of a prison or a sheriff or other appropriate officer to carry into execution a sentence of death; an order commanding that a named person be put to death in a specified manner at a specific time.
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- Death and Dying - Defining Death In The Law, Legal Death And Missing Persons, Death Certificates, The Nature Of Dying
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