Testate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Testate \Tes"tate\, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See
     {Testament}.] (Law)
     Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die
     testate. --Ayliffe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Testate \Tes"tate\, n. (Law)
     One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  testate
       adj : having made a legally valid will before death [ant: {intestate}]
       n : a person who makes a will [syn: {testator}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TESTATE. One who dies having made a testament; a testator. This word is used 
  in this sense, in the act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, entitled "An 
  act relative to dower and for other purposes." Sect. 2, 5 Sm. Laws, 257.