Part 4028

<h1>Executioner</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex`e*cu"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who executes; an executer.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.</def>

<h1>Executive</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf.F. <ets>ex\'82cutif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; <as>as, <ex>executive</ex> talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; <as>as, <ex>executive</ex> power or authority</as>; <ex>executive</ex> duties, officer, department, etc.</as></def>

<note>&hand; In government, <i>executive</i> is distinguished from <i>legislative</i> and <i>judicial</i>; <i>legislative</i> being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; <i>judicial</i>, to that which interprets and applies the laws; <i>executive</i>, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.</note>

<h1>Executive</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.</def>

<h1>Executively</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the way of executing or performing.</def>

<h1>Executor</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>executor</ets>, <ets>exsecutor</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ex\'82cuteur</ets>. Cf. <er>Executer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who executes or performs; a doer; <as>as, an <ex>executor</ex> of baseness</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An executioner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Delivering o'er to <b>executors</b> pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person appointed by a <?/ to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.</def>

<cs><col>Executor de son tort</col> <ety>[Of., executor of his own wrong]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.</cd></cs>

<h1>Executorial</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>executorialis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an executive.</def>

<h1>Executorship</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*tor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of an executor.</def>

<h1>Executory</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ec"u*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>executorius</ets>, L. <ets>exsecutorius</ets>: cf.F. <ets>ex\'82cutoire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.</def>

<blockquote>The official and <b>executory</b> duties of government. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; <as>as, an <ex>executory</ex> devise, reminder, or estate; an <ex>executory</ex> contract.</as></def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Executress</h1> <Xpage=523>