Legal Definition and Related Resources of Teste

The concluding part of a writ, giving the date and place of its issue : so called because it begins with the words ” Witness ourself ” (in Latin, Teste meipso). Every writ issued in the High Court of Justice is tested in the name of the Lord Chancellor

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Concept of “Teste”

Traditional meaning of teste in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Witness. T.; Termino, I.; term.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “T., Teste”, 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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