personal representative

noun

plural personal representatives

: one recognized as the representative of another party or another party's interests

specifically : an executor or administrator of an estate

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for personal representative

• argumentative
• augmentative
• fermentative
• presentative
• preventative
• tentative
• unrepresentative

Legal Definition

personal representative

noun

: one recognized as the representative of another party or his or her interests

specifically : an executor or administrator who may bring or be subject to an action or proceeding for or against a deceased person and his or her estate

when a person who has brought an action for personal injury dies pending the action, such action may be revived in the name of his personal representative

—Code of Virginia