Lat. In the civil law . A testament; a will, or last will. In old English law . A testament or will; a disposition of property made in con- templation […]

I.at. In the civil law . To testify; to attest; to declare, publish, or make known a thing before witnesses. To make a will. Calvin.

One who has made a will; one who dies leaving a will.

Estate distribution of the deceased according to a will.

Witness; evidence.

One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. lust. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris […]

A woman who makes a will; a woman who dies leaving a will; a female testator.

Testamenta cum duo inter se pngnanr tia rcperiuntur, ultimum ratum est; sie est, cum duo inter se pugnantia reperi- untur in eodem testamento. Co. Litt. 112. When two conflicting wills […]

In practice . A writ containing a testatum clause; such as a testatum capias, a testatum ft. fa., and a testatum ca. sa. See TESTATUM.

Lat. In the civil law . Testate; one who has made a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7.

a term that means to bear witness and is a declaration at the conclusion of a court order that bears witness to the official character of the document.

Lat. In old English law and practice. A solemn formula of attestation by the sovereign, used at the conclusion of charters, and other public instruments, and also of original writs […]

See testimonial clause.

In practice . The concluding clause, commencing with the word “Witness,” etc. A writ which bears the teste is sometimes said to be tested. “Teste” is a word commonly used […]

To be tested is to bear the teste, (q. v.)

Lat Witnesses.

a trial where a judge will make the decision and issue a verdict after having heard a case.

To bear witness; to give evidence as a witness; to make a solemn dec- laration, under oath or affirmation , in a judicial inquiry , for the purpose of establishing […]

Besides its ordinary meaning of a written recommendation to character, ” testimonial ” has a special meaning, under St. 39 Eliz. c. 17,

Method of promoting an item by using a customer’s testimonial on the product.

Written or oral assertion offered as proof of truth in court. Includes hearsay and testimony.

the name given to the immunity to incriminating yourself that is granted a witness by a court.

In the civil law . Proof by the evidence of witnesses, i. e., parol evidence , as distinguished from proof by written instruments, which is called “literal” proof.

In Spanish law. An authentic copy of a deed or other instrument made by a notary and given to an interested party as evidence of his title, the original remaining […]

Concluding section of a deed or contract stating it has been signed on the date stated by the parties.