executor : Idioms & Phrases


Dative executor

  • one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913

executor-heir relation

  • noun the responsibility of an executor (or administrator) of an estate to act in the best interests of the heir
WordNet

Substituted executor

  • (Law), an executor appointed to act in place of one removed or resigned.
Webster 1913