noun
- Two or more persons appointed jointly to carry out the terms of a will or estate.
Usage: legal term; plural form; singular is coexecutor
Examples
- The will named her two sons as coexecutors of the estate.
- The coexecutors met with the attorney to discuss their responsibilities.
- As coexecutors, they shared the duty of distributing assets to beneficiaries.
- The bank required both coexecutors to sign off on the transfer of funds.
- Disagreements between coexecutors can delay the settlement of an estate.