Personal Representatives
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The executors or administrators of the person deceased.
5 Ves. 402; 1 Madd. 108; Cox v. Curwen, 118 Mass. 198.
The personal representative of a lessee for years is his assignee.
1 Ld. Raym. 553; 12 Eng. Rul. Cas. 59.
In wills, these words are sometimes construed to mean next of kin; 3 Bro. C. C. 224; 2 Jarm. Wills 112; 1 Beav. 46; that is, those who would take the personal estate under the statute of distributions. They have been held to mean descendants; 19 Beav. 448.