Definition of Testator

1. Noun. A person who makes a will.

Exact synonyms: Testate
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Devisor, Testatrix
Derivative terms: Testate

Definition of Testator

1. n. A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.

Definition of Testator

1. Noun. (legal) One who dies having made a legally valid will. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Testator

1. one that makes a will [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Testator

testacy
testae
testalgia
testament
testamental
testamentary
testamentary guardian
testamentary trust
testamentation
testaments
testamur
testamurs
testate
testates
testation
testator (current term)
testators
testatour
testatrices
testatrix
testatrixes
testatum
testatums
testbed
testbeds
testbench
testcross
testcrossed
testcrosses
testcrossing

Literary usage of Testator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In that case the testator bequeathed to his two sisters the interest of his long annuities for their lives: and in case of one or both of their deaths ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"242, the testator gave a tract of land to his wife for life with remainder In fee to his son, Isaac. He directed his personal estate to be dividend Into ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The testator declares that it is his will and gives the name and address of him who drew it up. The notary records on the envelope the report of this ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"The testator's making a mark at the foot of his will, if intended as a signature, is sufficient. Freeman's Rep. 538. Upon the attestation of a will, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"The testator then appoints an executor to fulfill his will in the United States, where he had no personal property. Now, it does not appear that either of ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"testator directs the residue of his effects to be divided for certain charitable purposes, ... Bequest to such charitable uses as testator shall by codicil, ..."

7. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"650, SC So where the testator had executed such a will, but some years afterwards ... The testator's making a mark at the foot of his will, if intended as a ..."

8. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"The case was this: the testator devised all hie freehold and real estate in the County of ... The testator had no real estate in the County of Limerick, ..."

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