Willensvollstrecker · executor
An executor is appointed by will. The executor administers the estate and takes it through to its division, under the supervision of the authority.
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- German
- Willensvollstrecker
- French
- exécuteur testamentaire
- Italian
- esecutore testamentario
- English
- executor
Definition
In the will, the testator may appoint one or more persons with capacity to act to execute it. The executor is notified of the appointment ex officio and then has 14 days to state whether they accept it. Silence is deemed acceptance. The executor administers the estate, settles the debts, distributes the legacies and divides the estate in accordance with the testator's instructions or the law. The executor is entitled to adequate recompense.
Swiss federal acts are published in German, French and Italian, and all three versions are equally authoritative. The English term shown here comes from the Federal Administration's English translation, published on Fedlex for information only. Where there is no translation, it follows common usage.
Full glossaryThe term in an official text
powered by Neur.onDie Willensvollstrecker stehen, soweit der Erblasser nichts anderes verfügt, in den Rechten und Pflichten des amtlichen Erbschaftsverwalters.
Unless otherwise provided by the testator, the executors have the same rights and duties as an official estate administrator.
Source: Fedlex, Swiss Civil Code. In Corrext, this segment and the ones around it appear in Fast lookup CHnell, each with its reference.
Related terms
The authority to act on behalf of another person, conferred by the principal, and the document that records it.
Grundbuch · land registerThe public register that records rights in immovable property.
Pflichtteil · statutory entitlementThe share of an estate that the law guarantees to certain heirs and of which the deceased cannot deprive them.