intestable
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[edit]intestable (not comparable)
- (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.
- 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,
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[edit]not legally permitted to make a will
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References
[edit]- “intestable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.