WILL, or last WILL, in law, signifies the declaration of a man's mind and intent relating to the disposition of his lands, goods, or other estate, or of what he would have done after his death.
In the common law, there is a distinction made between a will and a testament; as that is called a will, where lands or tenements are given; and when the disposition concerns goods and chattels alone, it is termed a testament. See TESTAMENT.