For more information, visit: https://www.lawdepot.com/?pid=pg-BFYM... Executrix is a legal title used to refer to a woman who is either designated in a will or appointed by a probate judge to handle the disposition of the property belonging to a person who has died. This legal terminology is gender-based and only used for females serving in the role of the executor of an estate. A male performing the same duties is simply referred to as the executor.