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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 32-1-107

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

A will executed outside this state in a manner prescribed by §§ 32-1-101 – 32-1-108, inclusive, or a written will executed outside this state in a manner prescribed by the law of the place of its execution or by the law of the testator‘s domicile at the time of its execution, shall have the same force and effect in this state as if executed in this state in compliance with those sections.