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Webster 1913 Edition

intestable

in-tes′ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
intestabilis
: cf. F.
intestable
. See
In-
not, and
Testable
.]
(Law)
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intestable

INTEST'ABLE

,
Adj.
[L. intestabilis; in and testabilis; testis, a witness; testor, to testify.]
Not capable of making a will; legally unqualified or disqualified to make a testament; as, a person unqualified for want of discretion, or disqualified by loss of reason, is intestable.

Definition 2024

intestable

intestable

English

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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References

  • "intestable" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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