will-maker
Legacy document drafter
A will-maker is a person who creates a legal will—a document specifying how their property should be distributed after death.
The term appears in legal contexts and estate planning: The will-maker designated her children as beneficiaries.
Also called a testator.
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- notaryDocument authentication official
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
counselor · advocate · jurist · counsel · draftsman · executor · fiduciary · trustee
Written proof or legacy
- codicilWill modification document
- probateWill validation proceedings
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
- notarizationOfficial document verification
signature · seal · witness · affidavit · registry · archive · legalese · execution
Designated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
estate · succession · heritage · devisee · endowment · patrimony · descendant · entailment
No longer living
- estateProperty and grounds
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
end-of-life · death · mortality · posthumous · survivors · dependents
attorney
Licensed legal representative
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
- notaryDocument authentication official
lawyer · counselor · advocate · jurist · counsel · draftsman · executor · fiduciary · trustee · conveyancer
testament
Written proof or legacy
- codicilWill modification document
- probateWill validation proceedings
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
notarization · signature · seal · witness · affidavit · registry · archive · legalese · execution · amendment
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
bequest · estate · succession · heritage · devisee · endowment · patrimony · descendant · entailment · primogeniture
deceased
No longer living
- estateProperty and grounds
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
afterlife · end-of-life · death · mortality · posthumous · survivors · dependents
will, maker, wills, willed, willing, willingly, unwilling, unwillingly, willingness