Executor and Lieutenant

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 commissioned military officer.
• An officer in a police force.
  • synonyms: police lieutenant
• An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.
  • synonyms: deputy
• An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade. .

• (n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
• (n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
• (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
• (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.