Executor ['eksikju:tə] n.
一、释义
1）Someone who performs or carries out some act. 执行者、实施者 Cf. administrator
2) A person named by a testator to carry out the provisions in the testator's will.
遗嘱执行人，指由立遗嘱人在遗嘱中指定在其死后依遗嘱处理其遗产的人。
二、词组精选
acting executor 代理遗嘱执行人 =temporary executor
Someone who assumes the role of executor--usu. temporary--but is not the legally appointed executor or the executor-in-fact.
指承担死者遗嘱执行人职责的人，并且通常是暂时的，但他并非法律指定的遗嘱执行人或事实上的遗嘱执行人。
executor ab episcopo constitutus
Eccles. law.An executor appointed by a bishop; an administrator to an intestate.
（教会法）主教指定的遗嘱执行人；（未留遗嘱死亡人的）遗产管理人 17c
=executor dativus. Cf. dative executor
executor de son tort （拉）无权遗嘱执行人
Someone who, without legal authority, takes on the responsibility to act as an executor or administrator of a decedent's property, usu. to the detriment of the estate's beneficiaries or creditors.
指某人并非经过合法的许可或授权，而自行介入对他人遗产的管理，从而使自己在某种程度上履行遗嘱执行人的职责。
executor lucratus 可受益遗嘱执行人
An executor who has assets of the testator, the latter having become liable by wrongfully interfering with another's property.
指可拥有由于生前错误的干预别人的财产而应负法律责任的遗嘱人的遗产的遗嘱执行人。
executor to the tenor （教会法）实际遗嘱执行人
Someone who is not named executor in the will but who performs duties similar to those of an executor.
指虽然不是遗嘱中直接指定的遗嘱执行人，但其对于遗产的职责与只有遗嘱执行人才能履行的职责相同，即实际上履行遗嘱执行人的某些职责的人。
general executor 遗嘱总执行人
An executor who has the power to administrator a decedent's entities estate until its final settlement.
指被指定管理全部遗产的人。
joint executor 遗嘱的共同执行人 =coexecutor
One of two or more persons named in a will as executor of an estate.
指在某一遗嘱中被指定的两个或多个遗嘱执行人。
limited executor 限权遗嘱执行人
An executor whose appointment is restricted in some way, such as time, place, or subject matter.
指仅在指定的时间、地点和遗产范围内执行死者遗嘱的人，区别于在执行遗嘱人财产和时间上无任何限制的全权遗嘱执行人。
literary executor 遗作管理人
Copyright. A limited-purpose executor appointed to manage copyrighted materials in an estate.
作家、作曲家或艺术家指定的其死后管理其作品的人
special executor 特别遗嘱执行人；特定遗嘱执行人
An executor whose power is limited to a portion of the decedent's estate.
这种遗嘱执行人的权力和职责是有限的，或者其行使职权的时间或地点有限定，或者仅限于执行死者遗产的特定部分。
(来源：Black's Law Dictionary，《元照英美法词典》，《英汉法律用语词典》）
