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intestable

intestable adjective: not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.

Adjective

intestable (not comparable)

  1. Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
    • Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable, in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.1838, S. Toller and F. Whitmarsh, The Law of Executors and Administrators, 7th ed., Saunders & Benning (London), ch. 1: Of Wills and Codicils, p. 11

Origin of intestable

From in- + testable.

Questions about intestable

What does intestable mean?
Intestable means not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
What part of speech is intestable?
Intestable is an adjective.

Words near intestable in the dictionary

  1. interzygapophyseal
  2. interzygapophysial
  3. interzygomatic
  4. interzygotic
  5. intestability
  6. intestable
  7. intestableness
  8. intestacies
  9. intestacy
  10. intestate
  11. intestates

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