A lawyer was appointed as the executor of the will.
executive; officer; person in charge
Business term for a person with executive authority, such as a corporate officer. Overlaps with 執行役員.
彼は会社の執行者として重要な決定を下した。
As an executive of the company, he made an important decision.
Means 'practitioner' or 'person who actually does something'; 執行者 emphasizes formal execution of a plan or duty.
executor of a will; testamentary executor
Compound of 執行 (execution, carrying out) and 者 (person). The reading しっこうしゃ follows standard on'yomi.