ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Intestable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Intestable is an adjective meaning (law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.

Meaning

(law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include minor, underage, intestate, uncommittable, mainmortable, unavoidable.

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