intestable

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Etymology[edit]

in- +‎ testable

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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.

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

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