testamentor

English

Noun

testamentor (plural testamentors)

1. One who is named to be in charge of the inheritance named in a testament until it is discharged.
   • 1658 June 22, [Discharge granted by Robert, David, Andrew, and Jean Colvill in favour of Robert first Lord Colvill, their uncle, for his intromissions as tutor named to them by their father]; republished as William Robertson, compiler, Proceedings Relating to the Peerage of Scotland, from January 16. 1707, to April 29. 1788, Edinburgh: […] Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh; G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London, 1790, page 462:

     Be it kend till all men be the preſent letters, we Robert, David, Andro, and Jean Colvills, lawful bairns to the deceaſt David Colvill, brother-germane to ane Noble Lord Robert Lord Colvill of Ochiltrie, forſomekellas the ſaid deceaſit David our father, in his teſtament-teſtamentor, legaſie, and letter-will, nominat and left the ſaid Noble Lord, then ſtiled Sir Robert Colvill of Cleiſh, Knight, his germane-brother, executor and tutor-teſtamentor to us, and ilk ane of us reſpectively during his lifetime; and in caſe of his deſeaſe during the time of our tutorie, our ſaid deſeaſit father nominate and left to us John Beatoune of Balfoure, James Beatoune younger thairof, and Andro Beatoune, his germane-brother, uncles to us one the mother’s ſide, as likeways tutors-teſtamentors to us, and diſtributors of the ſaid deſeaſit David our father his heal ſumes of money, gudes, and gaire amongeſt us, and either of us reſpectivelie, as after follows;

   • 1722, Alexander Pennecuik, An Historical Account of the Blue Blanket: or, Crafts-mens Banner. Containing the Fundamental Principles of the Good-town, with the Powers and Prerogatives of the Crafts of Edinburgh, &c., Edinburgh: […] John Mosman and Company, page 75:

     […] which Reverſion, is renounc’d by John Lord Thirleſton, Son and Heir to the ſaid Sir John Maitland, with Advice and Conſent of Sir John Cockburn of Clarkingtoun his Tutor-Teſtamentor, in Favours of the Provoſt, Baillies, Council, Deacons of Crafts, and Community of the ſaid Burgh of Edinburgh […]

   • 1896, Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Frasers of Lovat, page 126:

     On the 1st and 2nd of March, 1582, a contract is made and registered on the second of these days, […] , which narrates—"That so much as the said umquhile Hugh, Lord Fraser of Lovat, in his latter will and testament nominated and ordained the said Elizaveth, Countess of Arran, his relict, tutrix testamentor to Simon, now Lord Lovat, his son, by reason whereof the said lady intromitted with the said Lord's living until the year of God 1578 […] ".

   • 2013, Betty O'Grady Matiskella, Descendants of Patrick O'grady and Mary Steele 1757-2005, page 114:

     She gives to her son, John Callaghan, all the property that belonged to her at the time of her death. She appoints John Tasker, her son-in-law as her testamentor.

2. One who makes a testament (any sense).
   • 2002, Jared Ludlow, Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham:

     By doing so, it went against a common exhortation in other testaments, to learn from the testamentor's example, and instead asserted that all men had weaknesses and were disobedient, even the most righteous Abraham.

   • 2022, Philip Brice, The Dragon of Illenwell: Testament of Wielders:

     Just think—be the first testamentor to witness the great Nolan being tricked, defeated, or just plain ambushed.

   1. A testator.
      • 1900, Supreme Court Appellate Divison Third Department: In the Matter of the Final And Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Duncan R. Grant, as Trustee Under the Will of Thomas O'Hara aka Deceased:

        The cardinal rule of testamentary construction being , that the intention of the testamentor must prevail, and that such intention is deducible from the language of his will and codicils , the amount of his property , the relative claims of his family, his relationship to the legatees, and the relations subsisting; when we shall have ascertained this intention we shall have solved the questions presented upon this appeal.

      • 1911, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, Clarence Frank Birdseye, The Clerks' and Conveyancers' Assistant, page 1582:

        Such will shall in all cases be made during the last sickness of the testamentor and in the house of his habitation or dwelling, or where he has resided for the space of ten days or more , next before the making of such will;

      • 1918 March 8, “Relatives Inherit Estate of Freese: Saloonkeeper, Who Died Last Week, Leaves Estate of Nearly $7,000, Will Shows”, in The Weekly Tribune, volume XVII, number 11, Cape Girardeau, Mo., page 4, column 3:

        According to the will, which was witnessed by R. H. Hancock and Edward O. Hartle, Miss Lucy Freese, a sister, will receive $1,450 in cash, his father s^[sic] to receive $100 cash, and his brother, Herman Freese, Jr., is left the interest owned by the testamentor in the Palace saloon on Broadway.

      • 1986, Aulis Aarnio, The Rational as Reasonable: A Treatise on Legal Justification, page 103:

        In comparing decisions regarding last wills and testaments with each other, the sex of the testamentor or the locality are not essential, but the type of the testament might be.

      • 2013, Jack D. Kilcrease, The Self-Donation of God:

        When the testamentor dies the testament is brought forward, and when possible opened in the presence of the seven witnesses who sealed it; i.e. unsealed, read aloud, and executed.

Related terms

• testamentrix