A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. In American law. A portion of the United States, not within the limits of any state, which

“to the terror of the people.” See Arto v. State, 19 Tex. App. 130.

Lat. In old English law. Third publication or proclamation of intended marriage.

Lat In the civil law. A third person intervening; a third person who comes in between the par- ties to a suit; one who interpleads. Gilbert’s Forum Rom. 47.

To bring one to a trial and examination, or to ascertain the truth or the quality or fitness of a thing. Something hy which to ascertain the truth respecting another thing; a

An ancient and authentic record in two volumes, in the custody of the king’s remembrancer in the exchequer, said to be compiled by John de Nevil, a justice itinerant, in the eighteenth

A person Is said to be testable when he has capacity to make a will; a man of twenty-one years of age and of sane mind is testable.

The state or condition of leaving a will at one’s death. Opposed to “intestacy.”

Testamenta cum duo inter se pngnanr tia rcperiuntur, ultimum ratum est; sie est, cum duo inter se pugnantia reperi- untur in eodem testamento. Co. Litt. 112. When two conflicting wills are found,

Pertaining to a will or testament: as testamentary causes. Derived from, founded on, or appointed by a testament or will: as a testamentary guardian, letters testamentary, etc. A paper, instrument, document, gift,

Lat In the civil law. The ceremony of making a testament, either as testator, heir, or witness.

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 con- templation of death. Bract, fol.

I.at. In the civil law. To testify; to attest; to declare, publish, or make known a thing before witnesses. To make a will. Calvin.

One who has made a will; one who dies leaving a will.

One who makes or has made a testament or will; one who dies leaving a will. This term is borrowed from the civil law. lust. 2, 14, 5, 6. Testatoris ultima voluntas

A woman who makes a will; a woman who dies leaving a will; a female testator.

In practice. A writ containing a testatum clause; such as a testatum capias, a testatum ft. fa., and a testatum ca. sa. See TESTATUM.

Lat. In the civil law. Testate; one who has made a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7.

Lat. In old English law and practice. A solemn formula of attestation by the sovereign, used at the conclusion of charters, and other public instruments, and also of original writs out of

In practice. The concluding clause, commencing with the word “Witness,” etc. A writ which bears the teste is sometimes said to be tested. “Teste” is a word commonly used in the last