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testation|tɛˈsteɪʃən|
[ad. L. testātiōn-em, n. of action f. testārī (-āre): see testate a.1 and n. Cf. obs. F. testacion (14–16th c. in Godef.).]
†1. Attestation, testimony. Obs.
1642H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. ii. xxix, A true testation Of the souls utter independency On this poor crasie Corse. a1656Bp. Hall Satan's Fiery Darts quenched (R.), How clear a testation have the inspired prophets of God given of old to this truth? 1656in Blount Glossogr.
2. The disposal of property by will.
1832Gen. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 298 That the right of testation..is, primâ facie, nothing but an extension of the simple right of disposition, to the doing in a convenient way what must otherwise be done in an inconvenient one. 1861Maine Anc. Law vi. 196 It is doubtful whether a true power of testation was known to any original society except the Roman. 1876Digby Real Prop. viii. 343. |