Subject: TESTATUM From: Steven J. Coker Date: September 29, 1998 Extracted From: A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856 by John Bouvier CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA TESTATUM, practice. The name of a writ which is issued by the court of one county, to the sheriff of another county, in the same state, when the defendant cannot be found in the county where the court is located; for example, after a judgment has been obtained, and a ca. sa. has been issued, which has been returned non est inventus, a testatum ca. sa. may be issued to the sheriff of the county where the defendant is.... TESTATUM, conveyancing. That part of a deed which commences with the words "this indenture witnesseth." TESTE, practice. The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness, &c. TESTES. Witnesses. TO TESTIFY. To give evidence according to law; the examination of a witness who declares his knowledge of facts. TESTIMONIAL PROOF, civ. law. This word is used in the same sense as we use parol evidence, and, in contradistinction to literal proof, which is written evidence. TESTIMONY, evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation.... TESTMOIGNE. This is an old and barbarous French word, signifying in the old books, evidence.... ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |