Legal Definition of personal representative
: 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
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