testator
pronunciation
How to pronounce testator in British English:
UK [tes'teɪtə]
How to pronounce testator in American English:
US [tes'teɪtə]
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- Noun:
- a person who makes a will
Word Origin
- testator (n.)
- c. 1400, from Anglo-French testatour (c. 1300), from Late Latin testator "one who makes a will," from testari (see testate). Fem. form testatrix is attested from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Where a testamentary successor or legatee predeceases the testator ;
- 2. For where a testament is , there must also of necessity be the death of the testator .
- 3. Testator may appoint a testamentary executor .
- 4. Article 20 a testator may revoke or alter a will he previously made .
- 5. A will needs the signature of the testator and two witness .