Definition of Testacy

1. n. The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.

Definition of Testacy

1. Noun. The condition of being testate; of having left a valid will at one's death. ¹

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Definition of Testacy

1. the state of being testate [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Testacy

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Literary usage of Testacy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"Residue of Personal Estate goes according to testacy or Intestacy of Deceased. ... In case of testacy, the residuary legatee or legatees, or, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1883)
"Residue of Personal Estate goes according to testacy or Intestacy of Deceased. ... In case of testacy, the residuary legatee or legatees, or, ..."

3. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Clowes, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1893)
"3—testacy or Intestacy. LET the following accounts and inquiry be taken and made; that is to say—1. An account of what is due to the Pit and all other the ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Reports: Being Reports of Cases Heard by Great Britain Courts, Thomas Spinks, Court of Arches (Church of England), Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1855)
"The counsel for Mr. Anderson took a distinction as to that, -wills as veil as and contended that it did not apply to cases of testacy, but to cases of ..."

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