When a person dies testate – that is, with a valid will – an executor, executrix, or administrator takes over the task of winding up the decedent's financial affairs.
Shortly after he took over the Reader's Digest Association in 1984, George Grune unlocked the company's boardroom and announced that the room was now open to the employees.
The recent takeover struggle between British and German wireless giants-Vodafone AirTouch PLC and Mannesmann AG-is exceptional only for its size and bitterness.
Last week the European Union agreed to delay the deadline for Britain to leave and this week British lawmakers voted 329 to 302 to take control of the parliamentary timetable from the government.
Soldiers in Zimbabwe have taken over a state-run television to announce plans to seize those close to president Robert Mugabe, who in their words has caused social and economic suffering.