intestable

intestable

English

Etymology

    From in- + testable.

    Adjective

    intestable (not comparable)

    1. (law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
      • 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,
        Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable, in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.

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    • intestable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
    • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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