A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice. ==Scope and job== The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to execute the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner
Ex`e·cu'tion·er noun 1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/85