testamentor

noun testamentors

1. One who is named to be in charge of the inheritance named in a testament until it is discharged. Be it kend till all men be the preſent letters, we Robert, David, Andro, and Jean Colvills, lawful bairns to the deceaſt David Colvill, brother-germane to ane Noble Lord Robert Lord Colvill of Ochiltrie, forſomekellas the ſaid deceaſit David our father, in his teſtament-teſtamentor, legaſie, and let
2. One who makes a testament (any sense). By doing so, it went against a common exhortation in other testaments, to learn from the testamentor's example, and instead asserted that all men had weaknesses and were disobedient, even the most righteous Abraham.
3. A testator. The cardinal rule of testamentary construction being , that the intention of the testamentor must prevail, and that such intention is deducible from the language of his will and codicils , the amount of his property , the relative claims of his family, his relationship to the legatees, and the relat