Wills,trusts andestates
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Wills
Legal history of wills Joint wills and mutual wills Will contract Codicil Holographic will Oral will Sections Attestation clause Residuary clause Incorporation by reference Contest Testamentary capacity Undue influence Insane delusion Fraud No-contest clause Property disposition Lapse and anti-lapse Ademption Abatement Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir
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Atestator (/tɛsˈteɪtɔːr/) is aperson who has written and executed alast will and testament that is in effect at the time of theirdeath.^[1] It is any "person who makes a will."^[2]

• A female testator is sometimes referred to as atestatrix (/tɛsˈteɪtrɪks/), pluraltestatrices (/tɛstəˈtraɪsiːs/), particularly in older cases.^[2]
• InAhmadiyya Islam, a testator is referred to as amoosi,^[3] who is someone that has signed up for Wasiyyat or a will, under the plan initiated by thePromised Messiah, thus committing a portion, not less than one-tenth, of his lifetime earnings and any property to a cause.

• Theadjectival form of the word istestamentary, as in:

1. Testamentary capacity, or mental capacity or ability to execute a will and
2. Testamentary disposition, or gift made in a will (see that article for types).
3. Testamentary trust, atrust that is created in a will.

• Awill is also known as alast will and testament.
• Testacy means the status of beingtestate, that is, having executed a will. The property of such a person goes through theprobate process.
• Intestacy means the status ofnot having made a will, or to have diedwithout a valid will. The estate of a person who diesintestate, undergoesadministration, rather than probate.
• Theattestation clause of a will is where the witnesses to a will attest to certain facts concerning the making of the will by the testator, and where they sign their names as witnesses.

• Witnessing of a testator's will

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