Executor
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In the civil law. A ministerial officer who executed or carried into effect the judgment or sentence in a cause. Calv. Lex. Jur. citing Prateius and Brissonius. Otherwise called executor litis.
Inst. 4. 6. 24, 26.