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单词 testator
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Definition of testator in English:

testator

nountɛˈsteɪtəˈtɛsteɪdər
Law
  • A person who has made a will or given a legacy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A testator may make a valid will wholly by his or her own handwriting and signature, without formality, and without the presence, attestation or signature of a witness.
    • A personal representative has an action of account as the testator or intestate might have had if he or she had lived.
    • But, by making his trustees the sole judges of a question a testator does not entirely exclude recourse to the court by persons aggrieved by the trustees' decision.
    • It, also, is a duty to take care to ensure that effect is given to the testator's testamentary intentions.
    • He can certainly be appointed as executor of an estate by a testator who nominates him as such in a will.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French testatour, from Latin testator, from the verb testari 'testify'.

 
 

Definition of testator in US English:

testator

nounˈtestādərˈtɛsteɪdər
Law
  • A person who has made a will or given a legacy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A personal representative has an action of account as the testator or intestate might have had if he or she had lived.
    • It, also, is a duty to take care to ensure that effect is given to the testator's testamentary intentions.
    • A testator may make a valid will wholly by his or her own handwriting and signature, without formality, and without the presence, attestation or signature of a witness.
    • But, by making his trustees the sole judges of a question a testator does not entirely exclude recourse to the court by persons aggrieved by the trustees' decision.
    • He can certainly be appointed as executor of an estate by a testator who nominates him as such in a will.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French testatour, from Latin testator, from the verb testari ‘testify’.

 
 
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