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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 916

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes administrator with the will annexed. See
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

§ 916. Powers of administrator appointed to act with survivor

An executor or administrator appointed under section 915 of this title shall have the same authority as the remaining executor or administrator and may prosecute or defend actions commenced by or against the former executor or administrator and may revive actions and have execution on judgments recovered in the name of the former executor or administrator on behalf of the estate. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 172, eff. March 29, 1972; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)