TSEM6522 - Legal background to trusts and estates: executors of Scottish estates
In Scotland, when a person dies, an executor administers his property. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp property is known as an estate.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre are two types of executor. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre is an executor nominate, and an executor dative.
Executor nominate
An executor nominate administers the estate of a deceased who left a valid will.
Executor dative
An executive dative administers the estate of a deceased who did not leave a valid will. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp deceased is said to have died intestate.
In practice both types are called executor or executors.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp estate that an executor administers, is an executry.