death warrant
noun /ˈdeθ wɒrənt/
  /ˈdeθ wɔːrənt/
- an official document stating that somebody should receive the punishment of being killed for a crime that they have committed
- The president signed the death warrant.
 - If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.
 - (figurative) By withdrawing the funding, the government signed the project's death warrant.
 - The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.