testatrix

American  

[te-stey-triks] / tɛˈsteɪ trɪks /

noun

Law.

plural

testatrices

1. a woman who makes a will.

2. a woman who has died leaving a valid will.

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Gender

See -trix.

Etymology

Origin of testatrix

1585–95; < Late Latin testātrīx; testator, -trix

Example Sentences

But the whole of the testatrix’s property, amounting, I believe, to between twenty and forty thousand pounds, is given unconditionally to her beloved nephew, John Lewis!’

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But the testatrix in the case at bar has left nothing to construction.

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The writer of this letter is perfectly acquainted with the intentions of the worthy testatrix, and wishes the young man joy of his fortune.

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Then the testatrix gave, devised, and bequeathed to her “dear daughter Catherine, wife of Francis Peveril, Esquire, with remainder to the heirs of her body, the sum of two thousand pounds of lawful money.”

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I shall take pleasure to tread in the steps of the admirable testatrix in all I may; and rather will increase than diminish her poor's fund.

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