Meaning of testamentrix | Babel Free

Definitions

A female testamentor.

no-plural, rare

Examples

“[…]make⟳ nominat and conſtitute the ſaid W. my Spouſe to be ſole Tutrix & Teſtamentrix during her Widowity allennerly to my ſaid Daughter, for guiding and governing her perſon and Eſtate during her Pupillarity, and failing of her by Marriage or Death, I nominat and appoint F. G. H. I. K. and L. or any three of them who ſhall accept⟳, the ſaid F. alwiſe being one during his Lifetime to be her Tutors as ſaid is.”

“With regard to what form⟳ must be gone through in the making of a will, the will must be in writing and signed at the end⟳ thereof by the testamentrix in the presence of two or more competent witnesses.”

“The testamentrix leaves all of which she may die⟳ possessed to her husband, Isaac Parker, and to Mrs. Ada Hosmer Banks, share⟳ and share⟳ alike.”

““On April 23, 1616, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died, married to Doña Catalina Salazar, Leon street: he received the sacraments from the Licentiate Francisco Lopez; he asked that he be buried in [the convent of] the Trinitarian nuns; he ordered two requiem masses said and the rest⟳ at the will of his wife, who is testamentrix, and the Licentiate Francisco Nuñez who lives there.””

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