Testamentum

I. E., TEST ATI O MENtls, facta nullo praesente metu periculi, sed cogitatione mortalitatis. A testament, i. e., the witnessing of one's intention, made under no present fear of danger, but in expectancy of death. Co. Litt. 322. TESTAMENTUM INOFFICIOSUM (Lat) In the civil law. An unof Rcious testament. TESTAMENTUM OMNE MORTE CONsummatum. Every will is completed by death. Co. Litt. 232.

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.)

I In old English law. A disposition of property made In the civil law. A testament; a will or last will. Testamentiira est voluntatis iiostrtB justa sententia, de eo quod qnis post mortem snam llerl velit: a testament is the formal expression of one's will, respecting wliat one would have done after his death.

See under Testis. TESTATUM; TESTE; TESTIS. See under Testis.