Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Testamentary
adj 1 of or relating to a will or testament <testamentary intent>2 provided for or appointed by a will <testamentary guardian>.3.created by a will <testamentary gift>.
letters testamentary
The instrument by which a probate court approves the appointment of an executor under a will and authorizes the executor to administer the estate. Cf. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
testamentary POWER OF APPOINTMEN
See POWER OF appointmnt
testamentary capacity
The mental ability a person must have to prepare a valid will. ( This capacity is often described as the ability to recognize the natural objects of one's bounty, the nature and extent of one's estate, and the fact that one is making a plan to dispose of the estate after death. - Also termed disposing capacity.
testamentary class
See class (3)
testamentary gift
A gift made in a will.
testamentary guardian
See guardian
testamentary guardian.
A guardian appointed by a parent's will for the person and property of a child until the latter reaches the age of majority.2. Hist. A mesne lord who was entitled to treat an infant heir's lands for all practical purposes as the lord's own, enjoying fully their use and whatever profits they yielded. ( At the end of the guardianship, when the heir reached majority, no accounting was owed by the mesne lord.
testamentary heir
See HEIR
testamentary intent
See INTENT (1).
testamentary intent.
A testator's intent that a particular instrument function as his or her last will and testament. ( Testamentary intent is required for a will to be valid.
testamentary power of appointment
A power of appointment created by a will.
testamentary succession
see succession.
testamentary trust
A trust that is created by a will and takes effect when the settlor (testator) dies. - Also termed trust under will. Cf. inter vivos trust.
testamentary trustee
See TRUSTEE (1).