Signifies both executor and administrator. One who would in England be called executor, is in Scotland called executor nominate. An administrator is called executor dative. In default of confirmation as executor by any one else, a creditor may be confirmed to the extent of obtaining payment of his debt, and is then called executor creditor. An executor is bound to pay debts and legacies six months after the death. The word executors used generally signifies next of kin. Executry. Personal estate of a person deceased.

Source: Kinnear, Digest of House of Lords cases (1865), pg. 355.