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Definitions for testamentary
-ˈmɛn tə ri, -ˈmɛn trites·ta·men·ta·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. testamentaryadjective

    of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament

Wiktionary

  1. testamentaryadjective

    Of or pertaining to a will or testament.

    Although such letter shall not be interpreted as a testamentary writing, I request that my beneficiaries and executor carry out the requests made in the letter.

  2. Etymology: From testamentarius.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Testamentaryadjective

    Given by will; contained in wills.

    Etymology: testamentaire, French; testamentarius, Lat.

    How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors? by the suppression of a will? the subornation of witnesses, or the corrupt sentence of a judge? Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. testamentary

    A testator () is a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of their death. It is any "person who makes a will."

ChatGPT

  1. testamentary

    Testamentary refers to anything related to a will or testament, the legal document specifying how a person's property and affairs are to be managed or distributed after their death. It is often used in the context of trusts, gifts, or bequests that are made via a will. It is derived from the term 'testament', which signifies a person's will concerning the disposal of their property when they die.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Testamentaryadjective

    of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary

  2. Testamentaryadjective

    bequeathed by will; given by testament

  3. Testamentaryadjective

    done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of testamentary in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of testamentary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of testamentary in a Sentence

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    I do not know of the existence of a will and have no reason to believe that the Decedent executed testamentary documents in any form.

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