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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 28A-13-8

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Personal representative: includes both an executor and an administrator, but does not include a collector. See North Carolina General Statutes 28A-1-1

When an administrator with the will annexed has been appointed, whether or not the administrator is succeeding a previously appointed personal representative, that administrator has the same powers and duties, discretionary or otherwise, as if  the administrator had been named executor in the will, unless a contrary intent clearly appears from the will. (C.C.P., s. 468; 1870-1, c. 93; Code, s. 1388; Rev., s. 319; C.S., s. 33; 1935, c. 386; 1949, c. 971; 1967, c. 41, s. 1; 1973, c. 1329, s. 3; 2011-344, s. 4.)