nellie2 Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Whats 'in testate' :huh: :D :D The register Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeychris Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Dunno but it sounds :blink: painful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Must be Latin meaning he died after being castrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikeychris Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 How could you even THINK that??????? :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Ouch!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Whats 'in testate'Â :huh: :DÂ :D The registerIt means that a person has died without leaving a will.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 It means that a person has died without leaving a will.Mr. M.The word required there is "intestate" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 It means that a person has died without leaving a will.Mr. M.The word required there is "intestate" I do not wish to argue pops, but after a quick google I think you will find they are both acceptable.WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF I DO NOT HAVE A WILL? If you die without a Will, you have died in testate. Your property must go through the probate process in order to have the legal title to the property transferred to your heirs at law. Your heirs at law are defined by applicable state statutes. The law of the state where you live controls the distribution of your personal property.From Click HereOR IntestateMr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Mr. Invincible Mouse, in the Collins English dictionary, there are testate and intestate listed. If you die intestate, you HAVE NOT made a will, while if you die testate. you HAVE made a will. Therefore if you have not made a will you are intestate, there is NO such an expression as being in testate, as two separate words. You are either TESTATE or INTESTATE. Websites are not infallible, to talk about being in testate is incorrect, I prefer an English dictionary. That website is American, and we all know how they have prostituted our language.SORRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Gawd, I was only trying to make a joke at the expense of the dork who couldn't get intestate right !! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 That website is American, and we all know how they have prostituted our language.Our Language ???As I seem to remember that you were hell bent on bashing our French neighbours, perhaps I should point out that "our language" as you call it, is a bastardised collection of several languages, with approx. 28% originating as French, including Old French and early Anglo-French. It also contains abot 28% Latin and about 25% Norse and Dutch.If anybody is guilty of prostitution, then it would have to include us.So, on this basis, does it really matter that the point I was trying to make is that (when you read the context of the original link) "in testate" and "intestate" mean the same thing.I shall now prostrate myself whilst you procrastinate.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 "in testate" and "intestate" mean the same thing.No they don't.You cannot assume that just because certain words and phrases appear on a website (American or otherwise) that they have any meaning.Does "information" mean the same as "in formation"? No.Does "invocation" mean the same as "in vocation"? No.Does "insolvent" mean the same as "in solvent"? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I shall now prostrate myself whilst you procrastinate.Mr. M.:lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Smith Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Does "insolvent" mean the same as "in solvent"? No.Not sure about this one. Whichever way you put it, you would be in the mire!! :D :D The point I was trying to make, is that in certain places round the world, "in testate" is understood to mean what we would write as "intestate".Surely the fact that we have established it's meaning is all that was required.Mr. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 I shall now prostrate myself whilst you procrastinate.Brilliant :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 The medieval monks who prostrated themselves also self-flagellated whilst procrastinating. They probably did a lot of other things that ended with -ated as well but these are not to be mentioned in polite company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmascracker Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 The medieval monks who prostrated themselves also self-flagellated whilst procrastinating. They probably did a lot of other things that ended with -ated as well but these are not to be mentioned in polite company.The mind boggles :blink: :blink: :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Shows how much I know.... I thought the writer had done a typo...... I thought dying without making a will was inestate.... no T :bangin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 They probably did a lot of other things that ended with -ated as well but these are not to be mentioned in polite company. inebriated ....? St Peters Abbey monks make a good beer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Good morning all, it's a lovely day round here. I think I'll go a walk in t'estate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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