A testator (/tɛsˈteɪtɔːr/) is a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of their death.[1] It is any "person who makes a will."[2]
^"Law dictionary on line". Dictionary.law.com. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
^Gordon Brown, Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates, 3d ed. (2003), p. 556. ISBN 0-7668-5281-4.
A testator (/tɛsˈteɪtɔːr/) is a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of their death. It is any "person...
A will and testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their...
testament is a declaration, in proper form, by a person known as the "testator" or "testatrix," as to how and to whom his or her property is to go after...
document, meaning that it has been entirely handwritten and signed by the testator. Holographic wills have been treated differently by different jurisdictions...
Periaptodes testator is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Indonesia...
will, as having legal power to dispose of the testator's assets in the manner specified in the testator's will. However, through the probate process, a...
provided in section 5(2) of the Wills Act 1959. Testator must be at the age of majority. The testator must be at least 18 years old as stipulated under...
an English trusts law case, concerning the doctrine of secret trusts. A testator gave £12,000 in a codicil to five people on trust, saying they should invest...
already made or directed another to sign for the testator in the testator's presence; (3) that the testator executed the will as a free and voluntary act...
The common law of succession applies to testate succession except if a testator, living under customary law prescribed otherwise in his or her will or...
man's changing (or hyphenating) his family name, so that the name of the testator continued.[citation needed] The United States followed the naming customs...
Master, an important case in the South African law of succession, the testator had signed right at the bottom of the will; there was about 17 centimetres...
England and Wales, it is called according to their stock. Example 1A: The testator A, specifies in his will that his estate is to be divided among his descendants...
for non-charitable purposes): typical examples are a will trust for the testator's children and family, a pension trust (to confer benefits on employees...
when a decedent has children and leaves a will, it is unlawful for the testator to override the legitime by special gift which exhausts the estate or by...
the testator was mentally retarded and epileptic, and had appointed the two daughters of his step-mother as his sole heirs. When the testator's father...
requirements: The will must be in writing and signed by the testator (the person making the will) The testator must be of legal age (18 years old) and have mental...
property bequeathed under a will is no longer in the testator's estate at the time of the testator's death. For a devise (bequest) of a specific item of...
A residuary estate, in the law of wills, is any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property...
secret trusts are a class of trust defined as an arrangement between a testator and a trustee, made to come into force after death, that aims to benefit...
Traditionally, letters of administration granted to a representative of a testator's estate are called "letters of administration with the will annexed" or...
validity were that the testator should possess testamentary capacity, and that the will should be signed or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of...
Officially bequeathing private property and/or debts can be performed by a testator via will, as attested by a notary or by other lawful means. In law, an...
providing for the non-lapse of a devise where the devisee predeceases the testator but leaves lineal descendants. Among some Native American tribes in the...
the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth", Protestants...
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