Executor, the Glossary
An executor is someone who is responsible for executing, or following through on, an assigned task or duty.[1]
Table of Contents
25 relations: Administrator of an estate, Attorneys in the United States, CanLII, Charitable organization, Creditor, Debt, Digital inheritance, Donation, England and Wales, Estate (law), Executorial trustee, Inheritance, Inheritance tax, Intestacy, Literary estate, Nursing home, Personal representative, Probate, Probate sale, Property, Scots law, Testator, Title (property), Trustee de son tort, Will and testament.
- Insurance law legal terminology
Administrator of an estate
The administrator of an estate is a legal term referring to a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will.
See Executor and Administrator of an estate
Attorneys in the United States
An attorney at law (or counsellor-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in court on the retainer of clients.
See Executor and Attorneys in the United States
CanLII
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII; Institut canadien d'information juridique) is a non-profit organization created and funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in 2001 on behalf of its 14 member societies.
Charitable organization
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
See Executor and Charitable organization
Creditor
A creditor or lender is a party (e.g., person, organization, company, or government) that has a claim on the services of a second party.
Debt
Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor.
Digital inheritance
Digital inheritance is the passing down of digital assets to designated (or undesignated) beneficiaries after a person’s death as part of the estate of the deceased.
See Executor and Digital inheritance
Donation
A donation is a gift for charity, humanitarian aid, or to benefit a cause.
England and Wales
England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.
See Executor and England and Wales
Estate (law)
In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth.
Executorial trustee
An executorial trustee is someone who is appointed to be an executor (the person who carries out the directions set forth in a will) and also be a trustee of a testamentary trust created by the will. Executor and executorial trustee are legal professions.
See Executor and Executorial trustee
Inheritance
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
Inheritance tax
International tax law distinguishes between an estate tax and an inheritance tax.
See Executor and Inheritance tax
Intestacy
Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without having in force a valid will or other binding declaration.
Literary estate
The literary estate of a deceased author consists mainly of the copyright and other intellectual property rights of published works, including film, translation rights, original manuscripts of published work, unpublished or partially completed work, and papers of intrinsic literary interest such as correspondence or personal diaries and records. Executor and literary estate are legal professions.
See Executor and Literary estate
Nursing home
A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people.
Personal representative
In common law jurisdictions, a personal representative or legal personal representative is a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of another person. Executor and personal representative are legal terminology.
See Executor and Personal representative
Probate
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased, or whereby the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy in the state of residence of the deceased at time of death in the absence of a legal will. Executor and probate are legal terminology.
Probate sale
A probate sale is the process executed at a county court where the executor for the estate of a deceased person sells property from the estate (typically real estate) in order to divide the property among the beneficiaries. Executor and probate sale are legal terminology.
Property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves.
Scots law
Scots law is the legal system of Scotland.
Testator
A testator is a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of their death.
Title (property)
In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest. Executor and title (property) are legal terminology.
See Executor and Title (property)
Trustee de son tort
A trustee de son tort is a person who may be regarded as owing fiduciary duties by a course of conduct that amounts to a wrong, or a tort.
See Executor and Trustee de son tort
Will and testament
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.
See Executor and Will and testament
See also
Insurance law legal terminology
- Act of God
- Duty to settle
- Executor
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor
Also known as Coexecutrix, Estate executor, Executors, Executorship, Executrices, Executrix, Limited executor, Will executor.