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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-8-131

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Except as provided within section 43-8-135, every will shall be in writing signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other person in the testator’s presence and by his direction, and shall be signed by at least two persons each of whom witnessed either the signing or the testator’s acknowledgment of the signature or of the will.