Testator

4 definitions found

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

  Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)
     A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  testator
       n : a person who makes a will [syn: {testate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "testator":
     Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, angel, assignor,
     awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor,
     contributor, donator, donor, fairy godmother, feoffor, financer,
     funder, giver, grantor, imparter, lady bountiful, patron,
     patroness, philanthropist, presenter, settler, subscriber,
     sugar daddy, supporter, testate, testatrix, vouchsafer
  
  

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

  TESTATOR. One who has made a testament or will. 
       2. In general, all persons may be testators. But to this rule there are 
  various exceptions. First, persons who are deprived of understanding cannot 
  make wills; idiots, lunatics and infants, are among this class. Secondly, 
  persons who have understanding, but being under the power of others, cannot 
  freely exercise their will; and this the law presumes to be the case with a 
  married woman, and, therefore, she cannot make a will without the express 
  consent of her husband to the particular will. When a woman makes a will 
  under some general agreement on the part of the husband that she shall make 
  a will, the instrument is not properly a will, but a writing in the nature 
  of a will or testament. Thirdly, persons who are deprived of their free will 
  cannot make a testament; as, a person in duress. 2 Bl. Com. 497; 2 Bouv. 
  Inst. n. 2102, et seq. See Devisor; Duress; Feme covert;, Idiot; Influence; 
  Parties to Contracts; Testament; Wife; Will.