testamentowy

Testamentowy is a Polish adjective meaning relating to a will or testament. It is formed from the noun testament (will) with the adjectival suffix -owy and is primarily used in legal and formal language.

In Polish civil law, testamentowy describes documents, dispositions, and provisions that arise from or are made by a last will. Common expressions include testamentowy zapis (a bequest specified in a will), testamentowe postanowienie (a provision in a will), and testamentowe dyspozycje (testamentary dispositions). These terms distinguish bequests and arrangements that take effect after the testator’s death from those governed by intestate succession when no will exists.

The concept is embedded in discussions of inheritance and estate planning, where the testamentowy character of arrangements determines their enforceability and interaction with the broader spadek (estate) and dziedziczenie (inheritance) processes. While widely used in legal texts, the term is typically less common in everyday speech, where more general phrases such as “w testamencie” (in the will) are common.

See also: testament, spadek, dziedziczenie, prawo spadkowe.