 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 852 pages
...testament (39). We are next to consider, fourthly, what is an executor, and what an administrator; and how they are both to be appointed. An executor is he to whom another man commits by will or the nature the execution of that his last will and testament. And all menfo?exccupersons are capable... | |
 | 1838 - 518 pages
...it is most commonly used with reference to the execution of sentence of death. [SHERIFF.] EXECUTOR. An executor is he to whom another man commits by will the execution of that his last will and testament. He answers in some degree to the heeres dcsignatus, or testamenlarius, in... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 516 pages
...most commonly used with rclerence to the execution of sentence of death. [SHERIFF J EXECUTOR. Ал executor is he to whom another man commits by will the execution of that his last will and testament. He answers in some degree tu the Aoret Л-ы«natus, or testamenlarius, iu... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Colonies - 1841 - 418 pages
...term executive is used in a generic sense by Locke, Montesquieu, and others. So, in the English law, an executor is " he to whom another man commits by will the execution of his last will and testament."—Blackstone Com. vol. ii. p. 503, which is not the execution of a judicial... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Colonies - 1841 - 408 pages
...term executive is used in a generic sense by Locke, Montesquieu, and others. So, in the English law, an executor is " he to whom another man commits by will the execution of his last will and testament." — Blackstone Com. vol. ii. p. 503, which is not the execution of a... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - Personal property - 1844 - 684 pages
...Persons, ch. 16. « Inst. 2, 18, 1. 7 the execution of that his last will and testament. And all persons are capable of being executors that are capable of making wills, and many others besides ; as feme coverts, and infants : nay, even infants unborn, or in ventre sa mere, may be made... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1848 - 786 pages
...will, or from the letters of administration, with the will annexed are alike imperative and obligatory. "An executor is he to whom another man commits, by will, the execution of that, his last will and testament, and the duty of an administrator with the will annexed is very little different... | |
 | Francis Hilliard - Law - 1848 - 480 pages
...and Administrators will be considered in the next chapter. CHAPTER V. ExECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. AN executor is he to whom another man commits by will the execution of that will. All persons may be executors, that are capable of making wills, and many others besides, as feme-coverts... | |
 | Law - 1848 - 558 pages
...must be administered or dealt out by the law, under the direction of an administrator. All persons are capable of being executors that are capable of making wills, and many others besides ; for feme coverts, infants, nay even infants unborn in venire sa mere, may be executors. As... | |
 | How - 1849 - 96 pages
...of Wills, it is necessary to consider the nature and appointment of an executor and administrator. An executor is he to whom another man commits, by will, the execution of that, his last will and testament. And all persons are capable of being- executors who are capable of making... | |
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An executor is he to whom another man commits by will the execution of that his last will and testament. 
