death warrant

noun

1
: a warrant for the execution of a death sentence
2

Examples of death warrant in a Sentence

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DeSantis last week also signed a death warrant for Edward Zakrzewski, who was convicted of using a crowbar and a machete to murder his wife and two children in 1994 in Okaloosa County. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025 The death warrant, signed by Ivey, established a 30-hour time frame for the execution to occur, starting at 12 a.m. local time Tuesday and ending on Wednesday, at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025 After the death warrant was signed, Gudinas’ attorneys raised a series of arguments in circuit court to try to prevent the execution. News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 June 2025 Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson, 62, is set to become the fourth inmate to be executed at Florida State Prison in Raiford this year and the fifteenth nationwide after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the quadruple murderer's death warrant in late March. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death warrant

Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of death warrant was in 1692

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“Death warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20warrant. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

Legal Definition

death warrant

see warrant

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