different between executor vs probate

English

Alternative forms

• executour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exec?tor, agent noun of exequor.

Pronunciation

• (of a will): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/
• (other senses): IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?/, /???z??kju?t?/

Noun

executor (plural executors)

1. A person who carries out some task.
2. (computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
   • 2014, Robert Kowalski, Thom Frühwirth, Logic for Problem Solving, Revisited (page 114)

     When searching for a solution is unnecessary, then the program executor "doesn't care" which solution is generated nor how it is obtained.

3. (law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.

4. (obsolete) An executioner.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, I. ii. 203:

     The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, / Delivering o'er to executors pale / The lazy yawning drone.

Usage notes

• In a law context, the female executrix is sometimes used.

Derived terms

• dative executor
• literary executor

Related terms

• execute
• executrix

Translations

Further reading

• executor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

executor m (plural executores)

1. executor

Romanian

Etymology

From French exécuteur, from Latin executor.

Adjective

executor m or n (feminine singular executoare, masculine plural executori, feminine and neuter plural executoare)

1. executory

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???be?t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?p???b?t/, /?p???b?t/
• Rhymes: -??be?t

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

Translations

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).

Derived terms

Related terms

• probe
• probation
• prove

Translations

Further reading

• probate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Latin

Verb

prob?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prob?