testamentary
Concerning final wishes
Testamentary means relating to a will or testament—the legal document disposing of someone's property after death.
A testamentary trust is established by a will.
Testamentary capacity is the mental competence required to make a valid will.
The court questioned whether she had testamentary capacity when she signed the document.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- codicilWill modification document
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- testatrixFemale will-maker
beneficiary · trustee · estate · succession · decedent · notary · affidavit · attestation
Faculty of deliberate choice
- codicilWill modification document
- trustConfidence in another
- deedWritten property conveyance
- instrumentDevice for specific tasks
living will · power of attorney · guardianship · directive · declaration · signed · witnessed · notarized
Create through ingenuity
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
- giftItem given freely
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
patrimony · entailment · devisee · legatee · residuary · vested interest · life estate · trust
Designated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- next of kinNearest living family members
descendant · issue · spouse · dependent · ward · disinherited · surviving
Owned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real estateLand and its structures
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
- chattelMovable personal property
heirloom · valuables · securities · accounts · proceeds · residue · corpus · principal
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
testatrix · beneficiary · trustee · estate · succession · decedent · notary · affidavit · attestation · witness
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
instrument · living will · power of attorney · guardianship · directive · declaration · signed · witnessed · notarized · sealed
devise
Create through ingenuity
endowment · patrimony · entailment · devisee · legatee · residuary · vested interest · life estate · trust · annuity
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
next of kin · descendant · issue · spouse · dependent · ward · disinherited · surviving
assets
Owned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real estateLand and its structures
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
chattel · heirloom · valuables · securities · accounts · proceeds · residue · corpus · principal · estate planning
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- probateexecutor, probate court, probate, beneficiary, executors
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- Islamic Marriagedowry, dower, marriage contract, waiting period, polygyny