Subordination - The act or process by which a person's rights or claims are ranked below those of others.⏎
Sentence - The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime.⏎
Writ - A written court order directing a person to take, or refrain from taking, a certain act.⏎
Warrant - Court authorization, most often for law enforcement officers, to conduct a search or make an arrest.⏎
Senior judge - A federal judge who, after attaining the requisite age and length of judicial experience, takes senior status, thus creating a vacancy among a court's active judges. A senior judge retains the judicial office and may cut back his or her workload by as much as 75 percent, but many opt to keep a larger caseload.⏎