executor

executor
a) A person who carries out some task.
b) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

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  • Executor — Genre Combat lourd Type Super Destroyer Stellaire Constructeur Chantiers navals Kuat Chantiers navals Fondor[Note 1] Longueur 19 kilomètres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • executor — ex·ec·u·tor /ig ze kyə tər/ n: a person named by a testator to execute or carry out the instructions in a will compare administrator Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • executor — EXECUTÓR, OÁRE, executori, oare, adj. Executant. ♢ (Substantivat) Executor testamentar = persoană însărcinată să aducă la îndeplinire dispoziţiile din testamentul cuiva. Executor judecătoresc = funcţionar însărcinat cu îndeplinirea unor acte de… …   Dicționar Român

  • executor — executor( trix) /agzekatar/ A person appointed 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. In re Silverman s Estate, 6 Ill.App.3d… …   Black's law dictionary

  • executor — executor( trix) /agzekatar/ A person appointed 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. In re Silverman s Estate, 6 Ill.App.3d… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Executor — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An executioner. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Delivering o er to executors paw?… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • executor — |z...ô| adj. s. m. 1. Que ou aquele que executa. • s. m. 2. Carrasco. (Também se diz executor de alta justiça.) …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • executor — [ek′si kyo͞ot΄ər; ] for 2 [ eg zek′yo͞o tər, igzek′yə tər; eg zek′yətər, ig zek′yətər] n. [ME executour < OFr & ML executor, both < L executus, exsecutus, pp. of exequi, exsequi, to follow up, pursue < ex , intens. + sequi, to follow:… …   English World dictionary

  • Execūtor — (lat.), Vollstrecker, Vollzieher. E. testamenti, Testamentsvollstrecker …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • executor — late 13c., from Anglo Fr. executour, from L. executorem/exsecutorem, agent noun from exsequi/exsequi (see EXECUTION (Cf. execution)). Fem. form executrix is attested from late 14c …   Etymology dictionary

  • executor — 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 …   Modern English usage

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