Brevia Testata
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Breve Testatum." BREVIARIUM ALARICIANUM (or ANIAn!) (Lat.) A code of law compiled by order of Alaric II., king of the Visigoths, for the use of the Romans, living in his empire, published A. D. 506. It was collected by a committee of sixteen Roman lawyers, from the Codex Gregorianus, Hermogenianus, and Theodosianus, some of the later novels, and the writings of Gains, Paulus, and Papinianus. In the middle ages, it is commonly referred to, under the titles Corpus Theodosianum, Lex Theodosiana, Liber Legum, or Lex Romana. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 49, § 59.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The name of the short memoranda early used to show granis of lands out of which the deeds now in use have grown. Jacob.
Defined under Brevia in Black's Law Dictionary.