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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So far, 25 inmates are set to be executed in the U.S. in 2025, but that number is likely to go up as states continue to approve more death warrants. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025 The abduction and murder of Janet Acosta Governor DeSantis signed Tanzi's death warrant last month for strangling Acosta, a 25-year employee at the Miami Herald, after abducting her during her lunch break at the Japanese Garden on Watson Island, court records show. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 Another eight executions are scheduled for the rest of the year but those will surely go up as states issue more death warrants. Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025 An Arizona man who requested his own death warrant was executed Wednesday by lethal injection. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death warrant

Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 26 Apr. 2025.

Legal Definition

death warrant

see warrant

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