executors

Estate duty handlers

Executors are people appointed to carry out the terms of a will after someone dies—distributing assets, paying debts, and handling final affairs.

The role is legal and fiduciary: She named her brother as executor of her estate.

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

estate

trustee

One managing another's assets

bequest · legacy · heir · descendant · devisee · succession · patrimony · heirloom · endowment · distribution

probate

court

Trial venue or sports surface

affidavit · bond · surety · grant · validation · hearing · jurisdiction · surrogate · notice · certification

duties

administration

Organizational oversight and control

oversight · diligence · prudence · discretion · judgment · asset management · debt settlement · tax filing · inventory · appraisal

computing

thread

Fiber for stitching

scheduler · concurrent · parallel · framework · service · handler · worker · callable · runnable · asynchronous

Categories
Opposites
role in estate administration

executorsbeneficiaries

Those who receive advantages

heirs · legatees · inheritors · devisees · recipients

agency and action

executorsprincipals

Chief school administrators

testators · directors · planners · originators · architects

agency and control

executorswards

Protected dependents or districts

dependents · beneficiaries · charges · subjects · principals

Phrases
Family

executor

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