Latin: A witness; one who gives evidence In court or who witnesses a document Testis de visa praeponderat aliis. 4 Inst 279. An eye-witness is preferred to others. Testis lnpanaris snffieit ad factum in lupanari. Moore, 817. A lewd person is a sufficient witness to an act committed in a brothel. Testis nemo in sna eansa esse potest No one can be a witness in his own cause.
Testis oculatus unus plus valet quam auriti decern. 4 Inst 279. One eye-witness is worth more than ten ear-witnesses.