Executor and Second

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

• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
  • synonyms: sec, s
• An indefinitely short time.
  • usage: "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
  • synonyms: moment, mo, minute, bit
• The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield.
  • synonyms: second base
• A particular point in time.
  • usage: "the moment he arrived the party began"
  • synonyms: moment, minute, instant
• Following the first in an ordering or series.
  • usage: "he came in a close second"
• A 60th part of a minute of arc.
  • usage: "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"
  • synonyms: arcsecond
• The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match.
• A speech seconding a motion.
  • usage: "do I hear a second"
  • synonyms: secondment, endorsement, indorsement
• The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle.
  • usage: "he had to shift down into second to make the hill"
  • synonyms: second gear
• Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name.
  • synonyms: irregular

verb

• Give support or one's approval to.
  • usage: "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
  • synonyms: back, endorse, indorse
• Transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment.
  • usage: "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"

adjective

• Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude.
  • synonyms: 2nd, 2d
• A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first.
  • usage: "second flute"; "the second violins"

adverb

• In the second place.
  • usage: "second, we must consider the economy"
  • synonyms: secondly

• (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
• (a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
• (a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
• (n.) One who or that which, follows or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence or power.
• (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
• (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
• (n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
• (a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
• (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
• (n.) Aid; assistance; help.
• (n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
• (n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
• (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
• (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.