executors

Example Sentences

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Classic examples include lawyers acting for clients, administrators of a legal trust acting for beneficiaries, executors for heirs, corporate directors for shareholders, and members of a partnership for one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Mr Indyke's lawyer said that the executors "never acted to put their own interests above their duties as co-executors. They continue to administer the Estate... in full accordance with applicable law".

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

According to his will, signed on 28 January 2013 and seen by the BBC, Martin made the Wadleys his executors and trustees, leaving his estate to them in the event of his death.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

“Or some say that the executors can decide, but if both want the same thing and can’t agree, then you’re stuck with the same problem.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

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