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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Untestit, -yt, -at, -ed, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. vntestate (c1440), vntested (1570); Testit adj.] Intestate. = Intested adj. 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 72.
The lorde be the forsaid resonis quhen ony man deis vntestyt wil of law haf al his gudis 1540 Acts II 377/2.
The nerrest of the kyn to haue the gudis of thaim that deis vntestit without preiudice of the cote 1545 Reg. Privy S. III 201/2.
The said James decessit untestit without ony lauchfull dispositioun maid be him 1561 Edinb. B. Rec. III 110.
That … the saidis visitouris … tak diligent laubour, and care that the will of the deid in the testamentis maid be fulfillit and obseruit … for the barnis … of thaim that deis vntestit c1575 Balfour Pract. 551.
Quhen ony persoun untestat is condemnit to the deith, all his movabill gudis pertenis to his over-lord c1575 Balfour Pract. 532 (see Testit adj. b). c1600 Pont Cunningham 183.
Johne Blair … deceist vntestit in the moneth of Januar 1604 ȝeiris 1621 Durie Decis. 12.
Mother to the said Galbraith who died untested 1681 Stair Inst. iii viii § 27 (see Testit adj. b).