Testamentum

Lat.

In the civil law. A testament; a will or last will.

In old English law. A testament or will; a disposition of property made in contemplation of death. Bract, fol. 60. A general name for any instrument of con-veyanco, including deeds and charters, and so calied either because it furnished written testimony of the conveyance, or because it was authenticated by witnesses, (testes.) Spelman.

— Testamentum inofficiosum. Lat. In the civil law. An inofficious testament, (q. v.)