| Noun | 1. | executor-heir relation - the responsibility of an executor (or administrator) of an estate to act in the best interests of the heir law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" fiduciary relation - the legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter |