EXECUTOR
Ex*ec"u*tor, n. Etym: [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf.
Executer.]
1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.
2. An executioner. [Obs.] Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.
3. (Law)
Defn: The person appointed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
EXECUTORIAL
Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [LL. executorialis.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to an executive.
EXECUTORSHIP
Ex*ec"u*tor*ship, n.
Defn: The office of an executor.
EXECUTORY Ex*ec"u*to*ry, a. Etym: [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.]