executryn.
/ᵻɡˈzɛkjᵿtri/, /ɛɡˈzɛkjᵿtri/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛkjətri/, /ɛɡˈzɛkjətri/, Scottish English /ɛɡˈzɛkjətrɪ/, /ᵻɡˈzɛkjətrɪ/ Scottish.
a. = executorship n.
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society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate
ministrationc1390
administration1429
executory1496
executry1769
1769 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. (ed. 4) iii. ix. 403 Executry, being an office, is not descendable to heirs.
1885 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 10 457 Our said Lords..should remove the defenders..from their said office of trust and executry.
b. ‘The general name given to the moveable estate and effects of a defunct’ (W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 1861).
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1655 in Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) App. p. xxviii/2 Accompt of Mr. Zachary Boid's Executry and Movable Goods.
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 314 Having performed the last sad offices of friendship..we shared their executry among the survivors.
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