About The Word Executor
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What's The Definition Of Executor?
[n] a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
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ex['e]cuteur. Cf. {Executer}.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of
baseness. --Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.]
Delivering o'er to executors paw? The lazy, yawning
drone. --Shak.
3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his
will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after
his decease.
{Executor de son tort} [Of., executor of his own wrong]
(Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in
the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
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