A person is said to be testable when he has capacity to make a will; a man of twenty-one years of age and of sane mind is testable. … [Read more...]

One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. Inst. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris ultima voluntas est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam. Co. Litt 322. The last will of a testator is to be thoroughly fulfilled according to his real intention. … [Read more...]

The state or condition of dying after making a will, which was valid at the time of testator's death. Opposed to "intestacy." … [Read more...]

A woman who makes a will; a woman who dies leaving a will; a female testator. … [Read more...]

That state of the mind which arises from the event or phenomenon that may serve as a prognostic of some catastrophe affright from apparent danger. 2. One of the constituents of the offence of riot is that the acts of the persons engaged in it should be to the terror of the people, as a show of arms, threatening speeches, or turbulent gestures; but it is not requisite, in order … [Read more...]