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The word ‘will’ either refers in a metaphysical sense to all that a person wishes to happen on their death, or much more commonly, it refers to the document or documents in which a person expresses their wishes on death. It is in this latter sense that the word ‘will’ is to be used. A person who makes a will is known as a testator if he is male, or a testatrixif she is female.
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© 1997 Catherine Rendell
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Rendell, C. (1997). Nature and Function of Wills. In: Law of Succession. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13510-3_1
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