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TESTAMENTI FACTO

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Latin: In the civil law. The ceremony of making a testament either as testator, heir, or witness. … [Read more...]

TESTIFY

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To bear witness; to give evidence as a witness; to make a solemn declaration, under oath or affirmation, in a judicial inquiry, for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact. Testimonia ponderanda sunt, non immeranda. Evidence is to be weighed, not enumerated. … [Read more...]

TESTAMENTUM

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Lat. In the civil law. A testament; a will, or last will. In old English lair. A testament or will; a disposition of property made in contemplation of death. Bract, fol. 60. A general name for any instrument of conveyance, including deeds and charters, and so called either because it furnished written testimony of the conveyance, or because it was authenticated by witnesses, … [Read more...]

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