Which term refers to the mental capacity to know the nature and extent of one's assets and to whom they are giving them in a will?

• A. Testamentary capacity
• B. Bounty
• C. Holographic will
• D. Nuncupative will

Answer: (A)

Testamentary capacity means the testator must understand the nature of making a will, know the extent of their property, and recognize who would be the natural beneficiaries of their estate, so they can properly indicate how the assets are to be disposed of. This understanding must be present at the time the will is executed. If someone lacks this awareness, the will can be challenged as invalid.

The other terms are about forms or types of wills, not the mental state to create one: bounty is not a legal concept governing will creation; a holographic will is a handwritten will, which relates to form, not the capacity itself; a nuncupative will is an oral will, again a matter of form rather than the capacity being described.