Testamentary
[,testə'ment(ə)rɪ]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.
(a.) Bequeathed by will; given by testament.
(a.) 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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Examples
- Of these latter testamentary freaks we will say no more here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Testamentary donations, or legacies to collaterals, are subject to the like duties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A most singular testamentary disposition! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is so, with testamentary dispositions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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