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it paper. [U.S.] To publish a will (Law), to acknowledge it before the witnesses as the testator's last will and testament.

the residuary advantage of an estate. Ayliffe. Residuary clause (Law), that part of the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed of. -- Residuary devise (Law), the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will. -- Residuary legatee (Law), the person to whom the residue of person…

terably firm his love entire. Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. Blackstone.

first testament. Heb. ix. 15. Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator himself. Bouvier.

A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.

tains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. Blackstone. -- Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone. Kent.