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Definitions for: Executor [n] a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*ec"u*tor, n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F.
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.
See Also: executrix, fiduciary
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