testamentors

Noun

testamentor (plural testamentors)

1. One who is named to be in charge of the inheritance named in a testament until it is discharged.
   • Be it kend till all men be the preſent letters, we Robert, David, Andro, and Jean Colvills, lawful bairns to the deceaſt David Colvill, brother-germane to ane Noble Lord Robert Lord Colvill of Ochiltrie, forſomekellas the ſaid deceaſit David our father, in his teſtament-teſtamentor, legaſie, and...1658 June 22, [Discharge granted by Robert, David, Andrew, and Jean Colvill in favour of Robert first Lord Colvill, their uncle, for his intromissions as tutor named to them by their father]...
2. One who makes a testament (any sense).
   • By doing so, it went against a common exhortation in other testaments, to learn from the testamentor's example, and instead asserted that all men had weaknesses and were disobedient, even the most righteous Abraham.2002, Jared Ludlow, Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham
   1. A testator.
      • The cardinal rule of testamentary construction being , that the intention of the testamentor must prevail, and that such intention is deducible from the language of his will and codicils , the amount of his property , the relative claims of his family, his relationship to the legatees, and the...1900, Supreme Court Appellate Divison Third Department: In the Matter of the Final And Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Duncan R. Grant, as Trustee Under the Will of Thomas O'Hara aka Deceased