executory

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/ɪɡˈzɛk.jʊ.tə.ɹi//ɪɡˈzɛk.jʊ.tɹi/

adjective

Of or pertaining to administration or execution.

OriginMiddle English executory ← Latin execūtōrius →
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Meanings

adjectiveexecutory (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to administration or execution.

    An executory interest is a future interest in a grantee which will not automatically become possessory and which follows a prior estate which will not terminate inevitably.

    2005, Steven Emanuel, Property, page 215
  2. not comparablelawYet to be completed; not fully executed, performed or carried out; lacking in execution, unfulfilled; so, yet to take effect.

Origin

  1. Latinexecūtōrius
  2. Middle Englishexecutory
  3. Englishexecutory

From Middle English executory, from Latin execūtōrius. By surface analysis, execute + -ory.

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APA

executory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executory

MLA

“executory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “executory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/executory.

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