executor

Will's appointed manager

An executor is the person named in a will to carry out its instructions—settling debts, distributing assets, and handling the deceased's affairs.

The role requires managing practical and legal tasks until the estate is closed: She served as executor of her father's estate.

In computing, an executor is a component that runs code or manages task execution.

estate

probate

Will validation proceedings

decedent · assets · heirs · bequest · distribution · testamentary · intestate · succession · will · settlor

software

runtime

Program execution duration

concurrent · pool · service · callable · future · submit · invoke · shutdown · async · parallel

legal

attorney

Licensed legal representative

liability · litigation · petition · bond · accounting · discharge · renunciation · removal · successor · nomination

duties

administer

Manage or dispense

notify · file · manage · oversee · account · marshal · safeguard · transfer · tax returns · creditors

Categories
Opposites
legal role in estate

executorbeneficiary

Designated asset receiver

heir · legatee · inheritor · devisee · testator

agency and action

executortestator

One who makes bequests

principal · originator · planner · author · director

Phrases
Family

executive, execution, execute, executed, executives, executing, executes, executioner, executable

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