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‖ testatum Law.|tɛˈsteɪtəm|
[L., neut. pa. pple. of testārī (-āre) to attest, etc.]
†1. A writ formerly issued when a writ of capias was returned, the sheriff to whom it was first addressed testifying that the defendant was not to be found within his jurisdiction: see quots. Obs.
1607Cowell Interpr. s.v., If the Shyreeue return (nihil habet in balliva mea),..another writ shall be sent out into any other Countie..which is termed a Testatum, because the Shyreeue hath formerly testified, that he found nothing in his Bayliweeke to serue the turne. 1672T. Cory Course & Pract. Comm.-Pl. 27 Untill..there be an Execution in the Proper County entred upon the Roll, and a Testatum awarded. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Testatum writ, a process of execution which is issued into a different county than that in which the venue was laid in the declaration.
2. The witnessing-clause of a deed.
1844Williams Real Prop. (1875) 193 The testatum, or witnessing part, ‘Now this Indenture witnesseth’. |