death warrant

The prelate however was not to be softened, and the king signed the death warrant with eyes steeped in tears.

The two comrades meet for the last time when the honest man announces his death-warrant to the knave.

Here his death warrant was signed, which is now preserved within the library of the House of Lords.

Those few last words whispered to Sapazani by the white arch-plotter had contained a death warrant.

But whether or not, in granting independence to the Philippines, we shall be signing the death-warrant of the highlander.