Teste
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
practice. The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness, &c. The act of congress of May 8, 1792, 1 Story’s Laws U. S. 257, directs that all writs and process issuing from the supreme or a circuit court, shall bear test of the chief justicertof the supreme court, or if that office be vacant, of the associate justice next in precedence; and that all writs or process issuing from a district court, shall bear test of the judge of such court, or if the said office be vacant, of the clerk thereof, Vide Serg. Const. Law, Index, b. t.; 20 Vin. Ab. 262; Steph. Plead. 20.