testatrix

/te-stey-triks/US // tɛˈsteɪ trɪks //

检验员,审判长,鉴定人,审判员

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural tes·ta·tri·ces [te-stey-truh-seez, tes-tuh-trahy-seez], /tɛˈsteɪ trəˌsiz, ˌtɛs təˈtraɪ siz/, Law.
- : a woman who makes a will.
- : a woman who has died leaving a valid will.

By the same instrument the testatrix bequeathed to her grand-daughter a mulatto slave John Patten two and a half years old.
In Ruddon v. McDonald, the testatrix subscribed the will in a small bedroom, and the witnesses signed in an adjoining room.
A testator is the man who makes the will, while the testatrix is a woman making a will.
Do you think you would know the testatrix if you saw her again?
The other testified that he saw the testatrix sign the instrument.