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English

Noun

testator

One who dies having made a legally valid will

Derived terms

testatrix noun

Related terms

executor noun

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)
A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
[1913 Webster]

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

Moby Dictionary
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

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.