executor
11executor — meaning an official appointed to carry out the terms of a will, is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable. It should be distinguished from executioner, an official who carries out a sentence of death …
12executor — ► NOUN Law ▪ a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will …
13Executor — This article is about the legal term. For other uses of the term, see Executor (disambiguation). Wills …
14executor — The person nominated by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. One to whom a testator has given his goods, chattels, and personal… …
15Executor — An individual appointed to administrate the estate of a deceased person. The executor s main duty is to carry out the instructions and wishes of the deceased. The executor is appointed either by the testator of the will (the individual who makes… …
16executor — An individual or trust institution nominated in a will and appointed by a court to settle the estate of a deceased person. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * executor ex‧ec‧u‧tor [ɪgˈzekjtə ǁ ər] noun [countable] LAW a person, lawyer, or bank… …
17executor — executorial /ig zek yeuh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. executorship, n. /ig zek yeuh teuhr/ or, for 1, /ek si kyooh teuhr/, n. 1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc. 2. Law. a person named… …
18executor — n. (fem. executrix) a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of his or her will. Phrases and idioms: literary executor a person entrusted with a writer s papers, unpublished works, etc. Derivatives: executorial adj. executorship n …
19executor — UK [ɪɡˈzekjʊtə(r)] / US [ɪɡˈzekjətər] / US [ˈeksəˌkjutər] noun [countable] Word forms executor : singular executor plural executors legal someone who arranges for the instructions of a dead person s will to be followed …
20executor — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin exsecutor, from exsequi Date: 13th century 1. a. one who executes something b. obsolete executioner 2. a. the person appointed by a testator to execute a will b. literary executor • …
