testator
    n 1: a person who makes a will [syn: testator, testate]

Testator \Tes*ta"tor\, n. [L.: cf. F. testateur.] (Law)
   A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.
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TESTATOR. One who has made a testament or will. 
     2. In general, all persons may be testators. But to this rule there are 
various exceptions. First, persons who are deprived of understanding cannot 
make wills; idiots, lunatics and infants, are among this class. Secondly, 
persons who have understanding, but being under the power of others, cannot 
freely exercise their will; and this the law presumes to be the case with a 
married woman, and, therefore, she cannot make a will without the express 
consent of her husband to the particular will. When a woman makes a will 
under some general agreement on the part of the husband that she shall make 
a will, the instrument is not properly a will, but a writing in the nature 
of a will or testament. Thirdly, persons who are deprived of their free will 
cannot make a testament; as, a person in duress. 2 Bl. Com. 497; 2 Bouv. 
Inst. n. 2102, et seq. See Devisor; Duress; Feme covert;, Idiot; Influence; 
Parties to Contracts; Testament; Wife; Will.