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death warrant
n.
1. Law. An official order authorizing a person's execution.2. Something that destroys hope or expectation; a deathblow.
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Universalium. 2010.
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Universalium. 2010.
deathwarrant — The warrant or order of a court commanding the execution of a sentence to death … Ballentine's law dictionary