Sentence examples for testator and from inspiring English sources

Wills are effective upon the death of the testator and do not need to be probated.

Confidential relations existing between the testator and beneficiary do not alone furnish any presumption of undue influence.

One Rollin was indebted to the plaintiff's testator, and had secured the debt by a mortgage on his land.

Seven trustees named by the testator, and their successors, were to have the right to fill vacancies in their number, but the legislature might elect six other trustees.

Under the system of the witnessed will, which prevails throughout the United States and in all common-law parts of the British Commonwealth, the instrument, which may be typed or printed or written by anyone, must be subscribed by the testator, and his signature must be attested to by two (in some states, three) witnesses, who must also sign their names to the instrument.

The inquiry was as to the value of the professional services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant's testator, and, as the case was presented below, the amount or value of the latter's estate could shed no legitimate light upon this issue nor aid in its elucidation.

In these cases, the witnesses and testator must all be present together and bear witness to all signatures.[16], [17].

Include a declaration signed by your witnesses stating that they observed you willingly sign your will: "We, the witnesses, sign our names to this document, and declare that the testator willingly signed and executed this document as the testator's last will".[29].

A will is ambulatory; that is, it is of no effect until the testator's death, and it can be revoked or changed by him at any time.

It confers no rights on the beneficiaries at the time it is executed but does so only at the time of the testator's death, and it transfers not the property that the testator owns when he makes the will but rather what he owns at the time of his death.

Schemes for initial failure, on the other hand, ask the court to decide whether the gifts should be returned to the testator's estate and next of kin or be applied to a new purpose under cy-près.