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intestable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English testable English intestable From in- + testable.

Across languages

Translations

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  • Finnish: testamentintekokelvoton — not legally permitted to make a will