testate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
testate
    adj 1: having made a legally valid will before death [ant:
           {intestate}]
    n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: {testator}, {testate}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Testate \Tes"tate\, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See
   {Testament}.] (Law)
   Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die
   testate. --Ayliffe.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Testate \Tes"tate\, n. (Law)
   One who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person. [R.]
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TESTATE. One who dies having made a testament; a testator. This word is used 
in this sense, in the act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, entitled "An 
act relative to dower and for other purposes." Sect. 2, 5 Sm. Laws, 257. 
    

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