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Leaving a valid will
Answer for the clue "Leaving a valid will ", 7 letters:
testate
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Testate \Tes"tate\, a. [L. testatus, p. p. of testari. See Testament .] (Law) Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate. --Ayliffe.
Usage examples of testate.
He is said to be the town clerk, a justice of the peace, mayor of the city of New Haven, an office held at the will of the legislature, chief judge of the court of common pleas for New Haven county, a court of high criminal and civil jurisdiction wherein most causes are decided without the right of appeal or review, and sole judge of the court of probates, wherein he singly decides all questions of wills, settlement of estates, testate and intestate, appoints guardians, settles their accounts, and in fact has under his jurisdiction and care all the property real and personal of persons dying.