GLOSSARY OF TERMS YOU MIGHT FIND IN YOUR WILL
ATTESTATION -the act of signing your will in the presence of two witnesses
EXECUTOR (fem -EXECUTRIX) -someone appointed to administer your will
BENEFICIARY -someone who inherits something under a will
BEQUEST (verb BEQUEATH) -a gift of something other than property
DEVISE (verb) -the act of giving property
GUARDIAN -someone appointed to look after your underage children
INTESTACY -the state of dying without having made a valid will (see intestacy rules for what happens)
TRUSTEE -someone to whom you give property/cash/assets to be held and administered for the benefit of someone else, such as an underage child.
"PER STIRPES" -Latin term meaning that if a named beneficiary has died, then his children share his bequest
TESTATOR (fem -TESTATRIX) -the person making the will
VESTED -implies the point at which someone becomes legally entitled to something