n. [ L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. exécuteur. Cf. Executer. ] 1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An executioner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Delivering o'er to executors paw&unr_; The lazy, yawning drone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖Executor de son tort [ Of., executor of his own wrong ] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire. ] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive. [ 1913 Webster ]
The official and executory duties of government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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