executor
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Our dynamic is structured as I’m the visionary, he’s the executor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The executor of the trust has argued Reiner is barred from accessing the funds by law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Being an executor is not a job for the faint of heart, but payable- and transfer-on-death deeds certainly simplify matters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Despite this, when Poe unexpectedly passed away in 1849, Rufus GriswoId was named literary executor of his estate, to the surprise of many.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn are the sole executors of Epstein's estate, controlling all his wealth and possessions.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
There is also dispute between law firms as to whether to back Harrods’s push to replace the executors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“AI factories are relatively new and evolving and require significant learning along the way. The beneficiaries will be the top executors, from infrastructure players to bare metal powered shell and neo-cloud operators,” he writes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Typically, executors have the authority to sell property without needing unanimous consent from all heirs.”
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Because relatives were sometimes impossible to locate, the committee began to administer the estates of the deceased who had no legal heirs or executors available.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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