intestable

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adjective

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

OriginEnglish testable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveintestable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelawNot 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishtestable
  8. Englishintestable

From in- + testable.

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Translations

Finnish testamentintekokelvoton
  • testamentintekokelvotonnot legally permitted to make a will

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tibenelast
Cite this entry
APA

intestable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intestable

MLA

“intestable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intestable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intestable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intestable.

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