The intent of the testator when making the will. … [Read more...]

To be tested is to hear the teste, (g. t.) … [Read more...]

A trust that is created by a will and takes effect upon the death of the testator. … [Read more...]

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...]

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