coexecutor

[ koh-ig-zek-yuh-ter ]

noun

1. a joint executor.

coexecutor

/ ˌkəʊɪɡˈzɛkjʊtə /

noun

1. law a person acting jointly with another or others as executor

Derived Forms

• ˌcoexˈecutrix, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of coexecutor¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See co-, executor

Example Sentences

Mr. Hedden, the company’s general counsel, a board member until this summer, and the coexecutor of Mr. Robinson’s estate, said in a statement that he was not aware of Mr. Robinson’s plans.

From New York Times

His will names Ms. Lucchese a coexecutor and gives her his personal property, “with the request, but not the direction” that she distribute it to his children in what “she believes to be in accordance with my wishes.”

From New York Times

When he had finished, the doctor advised him to pay no attention to the vague overtures made by Silas Perkins' hireling, until the doctor himself had referred the matter of the survey to the coexecutor of Mr. Kenyon's will.

From Project Gutenberg

The coexecutor Roso de Rosis did not write; it appears from one of Cornelia's despatches that he took no active interest in the trust, while Brunelli even complains that he withheld moneys which were legally due to the heirs.

From Project Gutenberg