Being of sufficiently sound mind to be able to write a valid will. The mental capacity that one needs to have in order to execute a will and also to possess at time the will is signed. The maker of a will must fully understand and appreciate the nature of what is contained within the will, the property he or she possesses and who the will maker's beneficiaries are at those … [Read more...]

practice. The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness 2. The act of congress of May 8, 1792, directs that all writs and process issuing from the supreme or a circuit court, shall bear teste of the chief justice of the supreme court, or if that office be vacant, of the associate justice next in precedence; and that all writs or process issuing … [Read more...]

Leaving property in a will. … [Read more...]

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 out of chancery. Spelman. … [Read more...]

civil law. A testamentary heir is one who is constituted heir by testament executed in the form prescribed by law. He is so called to distinguish him from the legal heirs, who are called to the succession by the law; and from conventional heirs, who are so constituted by a contract inter vivos. See Haeres factus; Devisee. … [Read more...]