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testamentary

testamentary

1 9.8
Relating to a will or how someone leaves property after death
  • adjective
  • /ˌtɛstəˈmɛnˌtɛri/
  • Formal
translation icon : testamentario
  • Testamentary Acts: Browning, Tennyson, James, Hardy.
  • testamentary trust

Examples

  • As a matter of testamentary integrity, I reveal a concrete proposal contained in a letter sent to me by Senator Kennedy about six months ago.

  • You not liking what he did does not speak to testamentary capacity.

  • Of course not, and at 14 he doesn't have testamentary capacity.

    Blog text (33)
  • Taxpayers attempting to implement testamentary plans and estimate life insurance needs are having great difficulty.

    Academic text (2003)
  • (n4) These motives do not seem to have determined Lucrezia's testamentary act.

    Academic text (1999)
  • "Testamentary capacity" requires those executing a will or trust document to understand the extent and nature of their property, the natural objects of their bounty, and the effect of the document they are signing, says Weylandt.

    Academic text (2002)
  • At the time the will was executed, G.L. c 210, 8 ("Section 8") provided that, subject to clear intent to the contrary, adopted children were excluded from the definition of "child" in testamentary instruments.

    Blog text (16)
  • Inheritance provisions on the ejidos protected the family patrimony by restricting testamentary freedom of ejido parcels to the spouse, partner, or a child.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The Court indicated that the other Courts had given insufficient weight to the substantiality of the interests held by current beneficiaries and ignored the "bedrock principle" that a testator is entitled to rely on the state of law at the time of execution of a testamentary instrument.

    Blog text (16)
  • She established a testamentary trust to manage her children's inheritance.

Compounds

letters testamentary
  • Specialized
9.9

An official court paper that lets a person carry out someone's will

9.6

A plan made in a will that holds and manages money or property after someone dies

Surface Forms

testamentary positive

Morphology

testamentary = testament (transparent) = testament + ary

The adjective is a regular formation from 'testament' + '-ary' meaning 'pertaining to a will', which is directly derivable from the base word.

Etymology

Testamentary comes from the common word testament, which means a written 'will' or statement of a person's wishes for after death, and is related to testify, which means to give evidence. So, testamentary means 'relating to a will'.