execution of justice

Scope Note

Manner in which judgments and sentences are executed (e.g., self-help, execution by special officials); enforcement of contracts and debts; writs (e.g., of execution, attachment, replevin); probation; evasions of justice (e.g., procedural loopholes, bribery, flight, asylum); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 690 justice

Related Terms

• 429 administration
• 541 spectacles
• 627 informal in-group justice
• 628 inter-community relations
• 681 sanctions
• 778 sacred objects and places