Testamentrix
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female testamentor. no-plural, rare
"[…]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."
Example
More 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."
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