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executorIn law, a person appointed in a will to carry out the instructions of the deceased. A person so named has the right to refuse to act. The executor also has a duty to bury the deceased, prove the will, and obtain a grant of probate (that is, establish that the will is genuine and obtain official approval of his or her actions).
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| And my father, as the wicked Colonel's executor, has given it in charge to me to bring down here. "I appoint," he said, "as sole executor and trustee--Richard Turlington. And although one may not discuss Moses, he having been a mere executor of the will of God, yet he ought to be admired, if only for that favour which made him worthy to speak with God. |
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