Testamentary Capacity — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Mental capacity sufficient to make a valid wilL

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

“Exists where the testator has an understanding of the nature of the business he is engaged in, and the kind and value of the property devised, and of the persons who were the natural objects of his bounty, and the manner in which he desires it to be distributed.” 151 111. 156, 37 N. E. 698.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Mental capacity sufficient for making a valid will. As to what constitutes, see Wills; Undue Influence; Will. TESTAMENTARY CAUSES Causes relating to probate of testaments and administration and accounts upon the same. They are enumerated among ecclesiastical causes by Lord Coke. 5 Co. 1.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

That measure of mental ability which is recognized in law as sufficient for the making a will. See Nicewander v. Nicewander, 151 111. 156, 37 N. E. 698; Delafield v. Parish, 25 N. Y. 29; Yardley v. Cuthbertson. 108 Pa. 395, 1 Atl. 765, 56 Am. Rep. 218; Leech v. Leech, 21 Pa. 67; Duffield v. Robeson, 2 Har. (Del.) 379; Lowe v. Williamson, 2 N. J. Eq. 85.

Defined under Testamentary in Black's Law Dictionary.