Associations to the word «Executor»

Wiktionary

EXECUTOR, noun. A person who carries out some task.
EXECUTOR, noun. (legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
EXECUTOR, noun. (obsolete) An executioner.
EXECUTOR DE SON TORT, noun. (legal) a person who without legal authority assumes control of a deceased person's property as if he were executor.

Dictionary definition

EXECUTOR, noun. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.