Belonging to a testament; as a testamentary gift; a testamentary guardian, or one appointed by will or testament; letters testamentary, or a writing under seal given by an officer lawfully authorized, granting power to one named as executor to execute a last will or testament. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Pertaining to a will or testament; as testamentary … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. Testate; one who has made a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7. … [Read more...]

Being of sufficiently sound mind to be able to write a valid will. The mental capacity that one needs to have in order to execute a will and also to possess at time the will is signed. The maker of a will must fully understand and appreciate the nature of what is contained within the will, the property he or she possesses and who the will maker's beneficiaries are at those … [Read more...]

practice. The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness 2. The act of congress of May 8, 1792, directs that all writs and process issuing from the supreme or a circuit court, shall bear teste of the chief justice of the supreme court, or if that office be vacant, of the associate justice next in precedence; and that all writs or process issuing … [Read more...]

Leaving property in a will. … [Read more...]