Executor and Instrument

noun

• A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will. .

• (n.) One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.
• (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
• (n.) An executioner.

EXECUTOR is a legal entity, frequently an individual, known before death to a testator, who is named in the testator's will to carry out the desires of the deceased after his death as designated in the will. Executors must be approved by the court of law probating the will. An executor pays all indebtedness as claimed by creditors of the estate, with the approval of the court of law, and then carries out or executes the will according to the terms set forth by the testator.

noun

• A device that requires skill for proper use.
• The means whereby some act is accomplished.
  • usage: "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
  • synonyms: tool
• A person used by another to gain an end.
  • synonyms: pawn, cat's-paw
• Law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right.
  • synonyms: legal document, legal instrument, official document
• The semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process.
  • synonyms: instrumental role
• Any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds.
  • synonyms: musical instrument

verb

• Equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling.
• Write an instrumental score for.
  • synonyms: instrumentate
• Address a legal document to. .

• (n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument.
• (v.t.) To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.
• (n.) That by means of which any work is performed or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical instruments.
• (n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc.
• (n.) One who or that which, is made a means or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium, means or agent.

Any writing having legal form and significance, such as a deed, mortgage, will, lease, etc.