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Meaning of Testatum
(Lat.) In 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. See Viner, Abr. “Testatum,” 259. In conveyancing. That part of a deed which commences with the words “this indenture witnesseth.”
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Concept of “Testatum”
Traditional meaning of testatum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) (Testified.) See CAPIAS.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Testatum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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