单词 | non-executing |
释义 | non-executingadj. Originally and chiefly U.S. That does not execute. Now: (spec. of an American state) that does not use capital punishment (also in extended use). ΚΠ 1868 A. Johnson Trial of Andrew Johnson 216 A law-non-executing power, a law-defying power, a law-breaking power is created within the government. 1977 I. Erlich in Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 85 471 Distinctions between classes of executing and nonexecuting states are also examined in light of theory and evidence. 1989 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 71 102 (table) Non-executing state over the sample period. 1993 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 15 Nov. ‘We got into a non-executing mode in the third quarter,’ Giants coach Dan Reeves said. ‘We should have put them away early.’ 1994 Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 16 Dec. These studies, based on American homicide statistics from 1935 onward and contrasting ‘executing’ states with ‘non-executing’ states, claim that each execution lowers the number of murders. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasnon-executing ΚΠ a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 568 At euery tyme they be founde laches in serch-makyng, & non-executyng of þe premissez, that fyne to be levied be þe Mairs. < adj.1868 as lemmas |
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