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testator
- /ˈtɛˌsteɪ.tɚ/ US
- /tɛsˈteɪ.tɚ/
Rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Latin testator (“one who makes a will, in Late Latin also one who bears witness”), from testari (“to bear witness, make a will”). See testament.
noun testators · testatour
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One who makes or has made a legally valid will.
[…] there is an exception “in the cases of heir and executor, who may plead a release to the ancestor or testator whom they respectively represent; so also with respect to several tortfeasors, for in all these cases there is a privity between the parties which constitutes an identity of person”.
Similar: devisor, legator, testamentor
Opposite: intestate
Thesaurus
noun
Opposite: intestate
Translations
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noun One who makes or has made a legally valid will
| Español | testador, testadora |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 遺言者 yuigonsha |
| 中文 | 遺囑人 /遗嘱人 yízhǔrén |
| Français | testateur, testatrice |
| Deutsch | Erblasser, Erblasserin |
| Italiano | testatore |
| Ελληνικά | διαθέτης diathétis |
| Русский | завеща́тель zaveščátelʹ, завеща́тельница zaveščátelʹnica, наследода́тель nasledodátelʹ, наследода́тельница nasledodátelʹnica |
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