- Teste meipso
- I, myself bear witness.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Teste meipso
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teste meipso — /testiy miyipsow/ 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 chancery … Black's law dictionary
teste — tes·te / tes tē/ n [Medieval Latin teste meipso (or seipso ) by my (or his) own witness] 1: the witnessing or concluding clause of an instrument (as a writ) 2: witness used esp. formerly to indicate that what follows is named as authority for… … Law dictionary
teste of a writ — /testiy av a rit/ In practice, the concluding clause, commencing with the word Witness, etc. A writ which bears the teste is sometimes said to be tested. In English law, teste is a word commonly used in the last part of every writ, wherein the… … Black's law dictionary
