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EXECUTORIAL

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ex⋅ec⋅u⋅tor

  [ig-zek-yuh-ter or, for 1, ek-si-kyoo-ter]
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–noun
1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc.
2. Law. a person named in a decedent's will to carry out the provisions of that will.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME executour < L execūtor, equiv. to execū(tus) (see execute ) + -tor, -tor; r. ME esecutor < AF essecutour < L, as above

Related forms:
ex⋅ec⋅u⋅to⋅ri⋅al  [ig-zek-yuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] , adjective
ex⋅ec⋅u⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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ex·ec·u·tor   (ĭg-zěk'yə-tər, ěk'sĭ-kyōō'tər)   
n.  

  1. A person who carries out or performs something.

  2. Law A person who is appointed by a testator to execute the testator's will.

ex·ec'u·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj., ex·ec'u·tor·ship' n.
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Main Entry: ex·ec·u·tor
Pronunciation: ig-'ze-ky&-t&r
Function: noun
: a person named by a testator to execute or carry out the instructions in a will —compare ADMINISTRATOR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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