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Lat. Witnesses. Testes, trial per. A trial had before a judge without the intervention of a jury, in which the judge is left to form in his own breast his sentence upon the credit of the witnesses examined; but this mode of trial, although it was common in the civil law, was seldom resorted to in the practice of the common law, but it is now becoming common when each party … [Read more...] about TESTES

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

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...] about TESTIFY

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...] about TESTAMENTUM

Latin: In the civil law. To testify; to attest; to declare, publish, or make known a thing before witnesses. To make a will. Calvin. … [Read more...] about TESTARI