testator
Bequeather of estates
A testator is a person who has made a will.
The term appears almost exclusively in legal contexts, referring to the deceased whose will is being executed or contested: The testator left his estate to three charities.
The feminine form testatrix exists but is rarely used today.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- codicilWill modification document
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
bequest · estate · trust · succession · witness · notary · attestation · affidavit
No longer living
- decedentLegal term for deceased
- predeceaseDie before someone else
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
funeral · memorial · survivors · mourning · posthumous · mortal · demise
One who receives legacy
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
bequest · patrimony · endowment · entailment · heirloom · succession · heritage · inheritor
Appointed estate manager
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
- grantorOne who transfers rights
- settlorTrust's founding party
- trustorTrust agreement maker
witness · notary · benefactor · decedent · administrator · executrix · guardian · conservator
Gift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
gift · charity · grant · scholarship · contribution · patronage · generosity · provision
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
beneficiary · bequest · estate · trust · succession · witness · notary · attestation · affidavit · revocation
deceased
No longer living
- decedentLegal term for deceased
- predeceaseDie before someone else
- estateProperty and grounds
probate · funeral · memorial · survivors · mourning · posthumous · mortal · demise
heir
One who receives legacy
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
estate · bequest · patrimony · endowment · entailment · heirloom · succession · heritage · inheritor · residuary
executor
Appointed estate manager
trustor · witness · notary · benefactor · decedent · administrator · executrix · guardian · conservator · attorney-in-fact
bequest
Gift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
donation · gift · charity · grant · scholarship · contribution · patronage · generosity · provision · foundation
- death lawdeath certificate, death certificates, death tax, death penalty, death benefits
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- legal partiesassignee, assignor, creditor, debtor, beneficiary
- legal signerscosigner, witness, endorser, notary, signatory
- willslast will, codicil, bequest, living will, joint will
testatorheir
One who receives legacy
beneficiary · legatee · inheritor · devisee · next of kin
testatorexecutor
Appointed estate manager
administrator · executrix · personal representative · witness · probate court