Definition of Executrix

1. Noun. A woman executor.

Generic synonyms: Executor

Definition of Executrix

1. n. A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

Definition of Executrix

1. Noun. (chiefly legal) A female executor.The '''Concise Oxford English Dictionary''' [Eleventh Edition] ¹

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Definition of Executrix

1. [n -TRIXES or -TRICES]

Medical Definition of Executrix

1. A woman exercising the functions of an executor. Origin: LL. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Executrix

executor
executor-heir relation
executorial
executorial trustee
executors
executorship
executorships
executory
executory interest
executory interests
executour
executours
executress
executresses
executrices
executrix (current term)
executrixes
executry
exed
exedra
exedrae
exedras
exeem
exeemed
exeeming
exeems
exegeses
exegesis
exegete
exegeted

Literary usage of Executrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The executrix, in July, 1790, obtained a license from the Judge of Probate ... But the executrix, in November, 1791. sold the demanded premises to one Moses ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1835)
"... and served on the 10th of December 1832. In it ihe suit by writ . " iii - , in the words of the defendant was not described as executrix. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"... facia» on a judgment against the testator, against his executrix, and un execution on the judgment rendered against her on that sei re facias. ..."

4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... further shewing that on said tryal it did appear that by the last will of the said Nathaniel that his wife Sarah Bird was made executrix of said will, ..."

5. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1823)
"When she is executrix or administratrix. ^l.Ifa CH. 19. feme covert be next of kin, she shall be administratrix by the Art. 18. English law; but whether ..."

6. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the by Horace Frederick Moule, Thomas Herbert Darlow, British and Foreign Bible Society Library (1903)
"Bill and executrix of Newcomb : London. 1705. 12°. Text ends on Yy 11 b. ... 1705. (Tel The New Testament . . . [FF] 693. Bill and executrix of ..."

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