someone who makes a will:
The law restricts a testator's freedom to distribute property.
Meaning of testator in English
(Definition of testator from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of testator
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In this case, a testator instructed his attorney to amend his will to include his two daughters as beneficiaries of his estate.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
For example, a testator might transfer a conditional estate and retain a right of reentry that can be triggered by the recipient's breach of the condition.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The fourth clause left the whole of the testator's property, in lands and in money, absolutely to his widow.
From Project Gutenberg
The eccentricities of testators have never impressed me by their humor, particularly when hatred and revenge are behind them.
From Project Gutenberg
The witnesses are usually required to sign the will in the presence of the testator, and in the presence of each other.
From Project Gutenberg
The statutes of most states make it sufficient for the testator to acknowledge his signature in the presence of the witnesses.
From Project Gutenberg
A will does not take effect until the death of the testator.
From Project Gutenberg
The intent of the testator may be determined by the circumstances connected with the payment.
From Project Gutenberg
The will is made by calling upon disinterested persons to bear witness to the will which the testator describes orally.
From Project Gutenberg
I am not required by any provision of the law to show the reasons moving the testator.
From Project Gutenberg
That accounts for such men's inflexibility in carrying out the provisions of unfeeling testators and the decrees of heartless courts.
From Project Gutenberg
The administrators are all old personal friends of the testator, anxious to have the estate retained in the family.
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It appeared that the testator was sick in bed when he signed the instrument.
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It appears that the testator came to the house, and when looked for later was not to be found.
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In this case, as usually in such cases, the will expressed the testator's own well-founded intention.
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