executory

Of or pertaining to administration or execution.

Adjective

  1. Of 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. Yet to be completed; not fully executed, performed or carried out; lacking in execution, unfulfilled; so, yet to take effect.

Origin

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

Derived

executory interest fee simple subject to executory interest fee simple subject to executory limitation nonexecutory shifting executory interest springing executory interest