Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to an executor; executive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an executive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an
executive (branch of government etc.).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Allan Lord Ravenswood, and was proceeding to detail the executorial proceedings by which this large sum had been rendered a debitum fundi, when he was interrupted by the Master.
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And next to the battles between various Steinbecks, and corporations and executorial estates like Disney v.
Canon And Copyright 2006
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The Duke very properly pleaded his executorial duties; but begged his guests on no account to be disturbed by his inevitable absence.
Coningsby Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Ravenswood, and was proceeding to detail the executorial proceedings by which this large sum had been rendered a debitum fundi, when he was interrupted by the Master.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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Excuse me, Sir, for the sake of my executorial duty and promise, keeping in eye the dear lady’s personal injunctions, as well as written will, enforced by letters posthumous.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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