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TESTATUM Definition & Legal Meaning

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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, the last prevails; so it is when two conflicting clauses occur in the same will. Testamenta latissimam interpretatio- nem habere debent. Jenk. Cent. 81. Wills ought to have the broadest interpretation.

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