Examples of testator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wills and trusts were vulnerable to legal challenge if the testator was deemed insane, and those episodes had inspired whispers about Stanford’s erratic decision-making and her communions with spirits. — Maia Silber, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The default survival period: A beneficiary must survive the testator (the person making the will) by at least 120 hours. — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2021 This allows the testator to avoid burdening a beneficiary who may not have enough income to pay the debt on a particular asset. — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2021 For example, Texas homestead protections for spouses may prevent a testator (the person making the will) from distributing a home to others as initially desired. — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2021 But all people don’t think the same way, so occasionally the testator wants to depart from a traditional method of asset disposition, for various reasons. — Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2019

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