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Executrix
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ExecutrixA woman who has been appointed by. will to execute such will or testament.
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Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.
Testament
Civil law. The appointment of an executor or testamentary heir, according to the formalities prescribed by law.
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Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.
Executio non
These words occur in the stat.in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non. To a plea in bar to such a writ, the defendant should conclude that the plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid execution thereof against him, which is called the executio non, as in other cases by actio non.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Execution paree
By the term execution paree, which is used in Louisiana, is meant a right founded on an authentic act; that is, and passed before a notary, by which the creditor may immediately, without citation or summons, seize and cause to be sold, the property of his debtor, out of the proceeds of which to receive his payment.
Executioner
The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman.
Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.
Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.
Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.
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Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.
Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.
Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.
Executrix
Exemplification
Evidence. A perfect copy of a record, or office book lawfull kept, so far as relates to the matter in question.
Exempt property
All the property of a debtor which is not attachable under the Bankruptcy Code or the state statute.
Exemption
A privilege which dispenses with the general rule; clergymen are exempt from serving on juries. Exemptions are generally allowed, not for the benefit of the individual, but for some public advantage.
Exempts
Persons who are not bound by law, but excused from the performance of duties imposed upon others.
Exequatur
1) French law. This Latin word was, in the ancient practice, placed at the bottom of a judgment emanating from another tribunal, and was a permission and authority to the officer to execute it within the jurisdiction of the judge who put it below the judgment. 2) International law. A declaration made by the executive of a government near to which a consul has been nominated and appointed , after such nomination and appointment has been notified, addressed to the people, in which is recited the appointment of the foreign state, and that the executive having approved of the consul as such, commands all the citizens to receive, countenance, and, as there may be occasion, favorably assist the consul in the exercise of his place, giving and allowing him all the privileges, immunities, and advantages, thereto belonging.
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Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.
Testament
Civil law. The appointment of an executor or testamentary heir, according to the formalities prescribed by law.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Execute
To complete; to sign; to carry out according to its terms.
Executio non
These words occur in the stat.in the following connexion: Et...precipiatur vice comiti quod scire faciat parti... quod sit ad certum diem ostensura si quid sciat dicere quare hujustnodi irrotulata vel in fine contenta executionem habere non debeant. This statute is the origin of the scire facias post annum et diem quare executionem non. To a plea in bar to such a writ, the defendant should conclude that the plaintiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid execution thereof against him, which is called the executio non, as in other cases by actio non.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Execution paree
By the term execution paree, which is used in Louisiana, is meant a right founded on an authentic act; that is, and passed before a notary, by which the creditor may immediately, without citation or summons, seize and cause to be sold, the property of his debtor, out of the proceeds of which to receive his payment.
Executioner
The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman.
Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.
Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.
Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Executive
Government. That power in the government which causes the laws to be executed and obeyed: it is usually. confided to the hands of the chief magistrate; the president of the United States is invested with this authority under the national government; and the governor of each state has the executive power in his hands.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Executory
Whatever may be executed; as an executory sentence or judgment, an executory contract.
Executory contract doctrine
The American general maritime law (infra) principle that no maritime lien arises from the breach of an unexecuted contract. Such a contract gives rise only to an action in personam, and not to an action in rem. For example, no maritime lien arises for breach of a seaman's employment contract unless the seaman has performed some work on board; nor does a lien exist for the supply of necessaries which have not been furnished to the ship.
Executory process
Via executoria. In Louisiana, this is a process which can be resorted to only in two. cases, namely: 1) When the creditor's right arises-from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortgage in his favor. 2) When the creditor demands the execution of a judgment which has been rendered by a tribunal different from that within whose jurisdiction the execution is sought.
Executrix
Exemplification
Evidence. A perfect copy of a record, or office book lawfull kept, so far as relates to the matter in question.
Exempt property
All the property of a debtor which is not attachable under the Bankruptcy Code or the state statute.
Exemption
A privilege which dispenses with the general rule; clergymen are exempt from serving on juries. Exemptions are generally allowed, not for the benefit of the individual, but for some public advantage.
Exempts
Persons who are not bound by law, but excused from the performance of duties imposed upon others.
Exequatur
1) French law. This Latin word was, in the ancient practice, placed at the bottom of a judgment emanating from another tribunal, and was a permission and authority to the officer to execute it within the jurisdiction of the judge who put it below the judgment. 2) International law. A declaration made by the executive of a government near to which a consul has been nominated and appointed , after such nomination and appointment has been notified, addressed to the people, in which is recited the appointment of the foreign state, and that the executive having approved of the consul as such, commands all the citizens to receive, countenance, and, as there may be occasion, favorably assist the consul in the exercise of his place, giving and allowing him all the privileges, immunities, and advantages, thereto belonging.
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