EXECUTOR
\ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtə], \ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtə], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈɛ_k_j_uː_t_ə]\
Definitions of EXECUTOR
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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The person named in a will to handle the property of someone who has died. The executor collects the property, pays debts and taxes, and then distributes what's left, as specified in the will. The executor also handles any probate court proceedings and notifies people and organizations of the death. Also called personal representatives.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who executes or performs; a doer; "Such baseness had never like executor."-Shak.: an executioner; the person appointed by a testator to execute his will or to see it carried into effect. -EXECUTOR DE SON TORT, one who, without authority, intermeddles with the goods of a deceased person, by which he subjects himself to the trouble of executorship without the profits or advantages.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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