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executor
n. A person appointed by a will to administer the testator’s estate. A deceased person’s property is vested in his executors, who are empowered to deal with it as directed by the will from the time of the testator’s death. They must, however, usually obtain a grant of probate from the court in order to prove the will and to confirm their right to deal with the estate. Appointment as an executor confers only the power to deal with the deceased’s property in accordance with his will and does not give them beneficial ownership, although an executor may also be a beneficiary under the will. An executor who starts to deal with the deceased’s assets following death cannot subsequently renounce their appointment as an executor (see renunciation). Compare administrator. |