Editing Execution warrant (section)

{{Short description|Authorization to execute a condemned person}}
{{redirect|Death warrant|the film|Death Warrant (film)}}
{{redirect|Black warrant|the book|Black Warrant (book)}}
{{distinguish|Warrant of execution|Writ of execution}}
{{Other uses|Black Warrant (disambiguation)}}
{{Globalize|article|USA|2name=the United States|date=December 2010}}
[[File:Death warrant of Charles I.jpg|alt=Large hand-written document, coloured yellow with age. There is a block of text at the top, and 59 signatures and red wax seals at the bottom.|thumb|The [[execution of Charles I|death warrant (1649) of King Charles I of England]] and the [[Seal (emblem)|wax seal]]s of the 59 commissioners{{efn|In 2011 the death warrant for Charles I was added by [[UNESCO]] to the [[UK Memory of the World Register]] ({{harvnb|UKP: Warrant}}; {{harvnb|UNESCO: Register}})}}]]

{{Criminal procedure (trial)}}
An '''execution warrant''' (also called a '''death warrant''' or a '''black warrant''') is a [[writ]] that authorizes the [[Capital punishment|execution]] of a [[capital punishment|condemned]] person.