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English
Etymology
From in- + testable.
Adjective
intestable (not comparable)
- (law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent.
- 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.
Translations
not legally permitted to make a will
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: testamentintekokelvoton
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
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References
- “intestable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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