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Při is a preposition. In this sentence it means something like during, in the course of, or in connection with.
So při exekuci means during enforcement proceedings or in the course of an execution/enforcement action.
A very important grammar point: při requires the locative case.
Because při takes the locative, and exekuce is a feminine noun.
Its basic dictionary form is exekuce.
After při, it changes to the locative singular:
- nominative: exekuce
- locative: při exekuci
This is a common pattern for many feminine nouns ending in -e.
Not usually in everyday legal Czech.
In Czech, exekuce most often refers to debt enforcement, judicial enforcement, or seizure proceedings. So it is usually a legal-financial term, not the everyday English idea of carrying out a plan, and not usually the death-penalty meaning of execution.
So for learners, it is best to associate exekuce here with enforcement proceedings.