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Part of the <a href="Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> series</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading">

<a href="Will_and_testament" title="Will and testament">Wills</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Legal_history_of_wills" title="Legal history of wills">Legal history of wills</a></li>

<li><a href="Joint_wills_and_mutual_wills" title="Joint wills and mutual wills">Joint wills and mutual wills</a></li>

<li><a href="Will_contract" title="Will contract">Will contract</a></li>

<li><a href="Codicil_(will)" title="Codicil (will)">Codicil</a></li>

<li><a href="Holographic_will" title="Holographic will">Holographic will</a></li>

<li><a href="Attestation_clause" title="Attestation clause">Attestation clause</a></li>

<li><a href="Residuary_estate" title="Residuary estate">Residuary clause</a></li>

<li><a href="Incorporation_by_reference" title="Incorporation by reference">Incorporation by reference</a></li>

<li><a href="Will_contest" title="Will contest">Contest</a></li>

<li><a href="Testamentary_capacity" title="Testamentary capacity">Testamentary capacity</a></li>

<li><a href="Undue_influence" title="Undue influence">Undue influence</a></li>

<li><a href="Insane_delusion" title="Insane delusion">Insane delusion</a></li>

<li><a href="Fraud" title="Fraud">Fraud</a></li>

<li><a href="No-contest_clause" title="No-contest clause">No-contest clause</a></li>

<li><a href="Lapse_and_anti-lapse" title="Lapse and anti-lapse">Lapse and anti-lapse</a></li>

<li><a href="Ademption" title="Ademption">Ademption</a></li>

<li><a href="Abatement_of_debts_and_legacies" title="Abatement of debts and legacies">Abatement</a></li>

<li><a href="Ademption_by_satisfaction" title="Ademption by satisfaction">Satisfaction of legacies</a></li>

<li><a href="Acts_of_independent_significance" title="Acts of independent significance">Acts of independent significance</a></li>

<li><a href="Elective_share" title="Elective share">Elective share</a></li>

<li><a href="Pretermitted_heir" title="Pretermitted heir">Pretermitted heir</a></li></ul></td>

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<a href="Trust_(law)" title="Trust (law)">Trusts</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Express_trust" title="Express trust">Express</a></li>

<li><a href="Resulting_trust" title="Resulting trust">Resulting</a></li>

<li><a href="Constructive_trust" title="Constructive trust">Constructive</a></li>

<li><a href="Discretionary_trust" title="Discretionary trust">Discretionary</a></li>

<li><a href="Accumulation_and_maintenance_trust" title="Accumulation and maintenance trust">Accumulation and maintenance</a></li>

<li><a href="Interest_in_possession_trust" title="Interest in possession trust">Interest in possession</a></li>

<li><a href="Charitable_trust" title="Charitable trust">Charitable</a></li>

<li><a href="Purpose_trust" title="Purpose trust">Purpose</a></li>

<li><a href="Incentive_trust" title="Incentive trust">Incentive</a></li>

<li><a href="Protective_trust" title="Protective trust">Protective</a></li>

<li><a href="Spendthrift_trust" title="Spendthrift trust">Spendthrift</a></li>

<li><a href="Life_insurance_trust" title="Life insurance trust">Life insurance</a></li>

<li><a href="Testamentary_trust" title="Testamentary trust">Testamentary</a></li>

<li><a href="Honorary_trust" title="Honorary trust">Honorary</a></li>

<li><a href="Asset-protection_trust" title="Asset-protection trust">Asset-protection</a></li>

<li><a href="Special_needs_trust" title="Special needs trust">Special needs</a>

<ul><li><a href="Supplemental_needs_trust" title="Supplemental needs trust">Supplemental needs</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<p><i>Governing doctrines</i>

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<li><a href="Cy-pr%C3%A8s_doctrine" title="Cy-près doctrine">Cy-près doctrine</a></li>

<li><a href="Hague_Trust_Convention" title="Hague Trust Convention">Hague Convention (conflict law)</a></li>

<li><a href="Trust_law_in_civil_law_jurisdictions" title="Trust law in civil law jurisdictions">Application in civil law</a></li>

<li><a href="Dishonest_assistance" title="Dishonest assistance">Dishonest assistance</a></li></ul></td>

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<a href="Administration_(probate_law)" title="Administration (probate law)">Estate administration</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Estate_planning" title="Estate planning">Estate planning</a></li>

<li><a href="Intestacy" title="Intestacy">Intestacy</a></li>

<li><a href="Probate" title="Probate">Probate</a></li>

<li><a href="Power_of_appointment" title="Power of appointment">Power of appointment</a></li>

<li><a href="Simultaneous_death" title="Simultaneous death">Simultaneous death</a></li>

<li><a href="Slayer_rule" title="Slayer rule">Slayer rule</a></li>

<li><a href="Laughing_heir" title="Laughing heir">Laughing heir</a></li>

<li><a href="Advancement_(inheritance)" title="Advancement (inheritance)">Advancement</a></li>

<li><a href="Disclaimer_of_interest" title="Disclaimer of interest">Disclaimer of interest</a></li>

<li><a href="Inheritance_tax" title="Inheritance tax">Inheritance tax</a></li></ul></td>

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Related topics</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Advance_healthcare_directive" title="Advance healthcare directive">Advance directive (Living will)</a></li>

<li><a href="Blind_trust" title="Blind trust">Blind trust</a></li>

<li><a href="Forced_heirship" title="Forced heirship">Forced heirship</a></li>

<li><a href="Totten_trust" title="Totten trust">Totten trust</a></li></ul></td>

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<p>A <b>testator</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</span></span>) is a <a href="Person" title="Person">person</a> who has written and executed a <a href="Will_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will (law)">last will and testament</a> that is in effect at the time of their <a href="Death" title="Death">death</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is any "person who makes a will."<sup id="cite_ref-Gordon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gordon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li>A female testator is sometimes referred to as a <b>testatrix</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</span></span>), plural <b>testatrices</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</span></span>), particularly in older cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Gordon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gordon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>A <a href="Non-binary" title="Non-binary">non-binary</a> testator may be referred to as a <b>testicle</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Gordon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gordon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>In <a href="Ahmadiyya_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmadiyya Islam">Ahmadiyya Islam</a>, a testator is referred to as a <b>moosi</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Khairallah_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Khairallah-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who is someone that has signed up for Wasiyyat or a will, under the plan initiated by the <a href="Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad" title="Mirza Ghulam Ahmad">Promised Messiah</a>, thus committing a portion, not less than one-tenth, of his lifetime earnings and any property to a cause.</li></ul>

<ul><li>The <a href="Adjective" title="Adjective">adjectival</a> form of the word is <b>testamentary</b>, as in:</li></ul>

<ol><li><a href="Testamentary_capacity" title="Testamentary capacity">Testamentary capacity</a>, or mental capacity or ability to execute a will and</li>

<li><a href="Testamentary_disposition" title="Testamentary disposition">Testamentary disposition</a>, or gift made in a will (see that article for types).</li>

<li><a href="Testamentary_trust" title="Testamentary trust">Testamentary trust</a>, a <a href="Trust_(law)" title="Trust (law)">trust</a> that is created in a will.</li></ol>

<ul><li>A <a href="Will_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will (law)">will</a> is also known as a <b>last will and testament</b>.</li>

<li><b>Testacy</b> means the status of being <b>testate</b>, that is, having executed a will. The property of such a person goes through the <a href="Probate" title="Probate">probate</a> process.</li>

<li><b>Intestacy</b> means the status of <i>not</i> having made a will, or to have died <i>without</i> a valid will. The estate of a person who dies <b>intestate</b>, undergoes <a href="Administration_of_an_estate_on_death" class="mw-redirect" title="Administration of an estate on death">administration</a>, rather than probate.</li>

<li>The <a href="Attestation_clause" title="Attestation clause">attestation clause</a> of a will is where the witnesses to a will attest to certain facts concerning the making of the will by the testator, and where they sign their names as witnesses.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Honora_Jenkins'_will" class="mw-redirect" title="Honora Jenkins' will">Witnessing of a testator's will</a></li></ul>

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