intestable

English

Etymology

in- +‎ testable

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.

Related terms

• intestacy
• intestate
• intestability
• intestableness

Translations

not legally permitted to make a will

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• Finnish: testamentintekokelvoton
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “intestable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• tibenelast