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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act as executor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when referring to someone who is appointed to carry out the terms of a will or manage an estate.
Example: "In the absence of a designated executor, the court may appoint someone to act as executor of the estate."
Alternatives: "serve as executor" or "function as executor".
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The Swedish treatment of Trolle brought a papal interdict of Sweden, and Christian could now act as executor.
A woman has spoken of her anguish after a loophole allowed her brother to act as executor of their mother's will despite having strangled her to death.
I act as executor of my friend's estate and Barnard Marcus was evidently keen to sell the house because it hand-delivered the contract to me and phoned a few times to ask me to sign up.
Unless one can be certain that there are no unknown debts, that the estate is solvent, that there will be no dispute about the distribution of the estate, that there are none but the simplest tax problems, and that there are no minors or mentally incompetent persons among the possible takers, one should not act as executor or administrator without the assistance of a lawyer.
What if Walker's parents were not physically able to act as executor or guardian?
Several years after Kościuszko's death, Jefferson, aged 77, pleaded inability to act as executor due to age and the numerous legal complexities of the bequest, which was tied up in the courts until 1856.
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Both were appointed to act as executors until Mrs. Pelosi's children, now 13 years old, are 50.
They said it is also not unusual for lawyers to act as executors of fortunes until minors are well into adulthood and to receive fees for their work, as the lawyers will in this instance.
Banks and trust companies often have such experts (some estate planning attorneys act as executors, too), who charge a percentage of the estate's assets.
It appointed Mr Ferrard and Coppola to act as executors and altered bequests to friends and family and removed one person completely from the will.
Bank trust departments may act as executors.
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