- An executor must first obtain the most recent version of the will.
- His executors were faced with a substantial inheritance tax bill.
- In his will, he instructed his executors to find deserving beneficiaries for his estate.
- The executor files a request asking the court to admit the will to probate.
Meaning of executor in English
- And of course I desire you to be the executor.
- He says he must have the support of the other executor.
- In the first place, Robert Palmer's will distinctly stated that everything was left to the judgment of the executors.
- The next day, however, the will was actually drawn up, executed, and placed in my cousin's hands, he being the sole executor.
- When I came to be executor, there was nearly nothing to guide me as to the amount of my father's property,—and I certainly did not succeed in realising all that he was supposed to have acquired.
(Definition of executor from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
executor | Business English
Examples of executor
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Where parents had died, other kin were usually called upon to act as guardians and executors in the paying out of inheritance portions.
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Most indulgences were clearly obtained after death, presumably mainly by widows, widowers and executors.
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The clan head makes all important decisions in consultation with adult men and is the chief executor of these decisions.
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The will had the force of a deed and no executor was needed to administer the land.
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The presence or absence of sons seems to have had relatively little influence on men's choice of executor.
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Swedish wills hardly ever mention executors, nor does the legal code.
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Situated planning systems may need to communicate rationale with human or machine task assigners or plan executors.
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The figure of the president was given little room to manoeuvre, becoming in essence the mere ' executor ' of congress's policies.
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This procedure is continued till the exploration executor tells the robot that there is no node left to explore.
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The absence of executors may reflect the fact that the task of dividing the property was simpler than in some other jurisdictions.
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Others were named as executors of wills or were specified as the ' person to contact ' on medical notes or in case of emergency.
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So if not by the executors, then by whom was the inscription created?
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For instance, a plan executor may have discovered new information that disallowed the performance of some action (jnode) in the plan.
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But the historical essay, as his executors fully appreciated, was his natural art form.
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These included disability from suing in civil courts, from acting as executors of wills and from making a will.
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exécuteur/-trice (testamentaire)…
vasiyeti uygulayan kimse…
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wykonawca (testamentu)…
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pelaksana wasiat…
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