Apertura Testamenti
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A form of proving a will, in the civil law, by the witnesses acknowledging before a magistrate their having sealed it. 1 Williams, Ex'rs, 329. APEX JURIS (Lat. the summit of the of the rules of law than is indicated by the phrase awmmMTO Jits. 2 Caines (N. Y.) 117; 2 Story (U. S.) 143; 5 Conn. 334; 2 Pars. Notes & Bills, c. 25, § 11. See, also, Co. Litt. 3046; Wingate, Max. 19.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. A form of proving a will, by the witnesses acknowledging before a maglstrate their having scaled it
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civillaw. A form of proving a will, by the witnesses acknowledging before a magistrate their having sealed it.