Executor and Representative

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 person who represents others.
• An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.
  • usage: "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
  • synonyms: spokesperson, interpreter, voice
• A member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • synonyms: congressman, congresswoman
• An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
  • usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
  • synonyms: example, illustration, instance

adjective

• Serving to represent or typify.
  • usage: "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
• Standing for something else.
  • usage: "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
• Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives.
  • usage: "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"

• (n.) One who or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
• (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
• (n.) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
• (n.) An agent, deputy or substitute, who supplies the place of another or others, being invested with his or their authority.
• (n.) That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
• (a.) Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
• (n.) A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature or in the national Congress.
• (a.) Giving or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
• (a.) Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
• (a.) Conducted by persons chosen to represent or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
• (n.) One who represents or stands in the place of, another.
• (a.) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.