ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Self-executing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Self-executing is an adjective meaning (law) Needing no legislation to enforce it.

Meaning

(law) Needing no legislation to enforce it.

More Meanings

  1. (computing) Consisting of a complete executable package that takes some action with the included data, rather than a pure data file requiring some additional tool to read it.

Example Sentences

The other commonly used method is a self-executing package where the installer and the update are bundled into a single executable.
The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]
Downloadable software can be provided in several different formats. Some automatically install themselves, but others require manual procedures. A downloadable file typically is set up as a self-installing executable file, self-executing zip file, […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include directly, enforceable, autorun, self-enforcing, lawless, self-acting.

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