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Definition of Testates
1. testate [n] - See also: testate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testates
Literary usage of Testates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in Civil Causes by John Dove Wilson (1883)
"An ACT for the Relief of the Executors of testates in Scotland where the Personal
Estate is of Small Value.—13th July, 1876. WHEREAS many poor persons die ..."
2. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore (1871)
"... fuisse testates, quin etiam Ordines " in ... Legates Regis aliud fuisse
testates, et Ordines in ..."
3. The Law of Collateral and Direct Inheritance, Legacy and Succession Taxes by Benjamin Franklin Dos Passos (1895)
"The amendment is included in the italics, and the language would seem to be broad
enough to cover both testates and intestates, as held in the Romaine Case; ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1809)
"testates que homes aunt en "^ terres ou tenements * fur ... "-ЛГ testates which
men have in ^~* lands or tenements upon condition are of two lures viz. ..."
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