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 signed the death warrant after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 declined to take up an appeal by Bates related to a juror in his trial. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025 The Utah Attorney General’s Office is expected to file a death warrant soon. Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025 DeSantis has also signed a death warrant for Wainwright, who was convicted of kidnapping a woman in 1994 from a Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot in Lake City and raping and murdering her in rural Hamilton County. Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025 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 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 29 Jul. 2025.

Legal Definition

death warrant

see warrant

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