Testate Definition

tĕstāt
adjective
Having made and left a legally valid will.
Webster's New World
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noun
A person who has died testate.
Webster's New World
(law) One who has left a valid will and testament.
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Other Word Forms of Testate

Noun

Singular:
testate
Plural:
testates

Origin of Testate

  • From Latin testātus (“testified"), perfect passive participle of testor (“I am witness, testify, attest; I make a will"), from testis (“witness").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin testātus past participle of testārī to make one's will testament

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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