Testament
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 8 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Testament the object
Will · Testamentary instrument · Testaments · Wills · a Will
spoken of as
1 expressionTestaments1 mention
Ancient Law (English)
The conversion of the solemn conveyance, which was the prominent feature of the original Nexum, into a mere question and answer, would be more of a mystery than it is if we had not the analogous history of Roman Testaments to enlighten us.
in the texts
Ancient Law
The legal instrument by which a testator's intentions regarding succession are declared.
The original Will or Testament was therefore an instrument, or (for it was probably not at first in writing) a proceeding by which the devolution of the Family was regulated.
In itself a Will is simply the instrument by which the intention of the testator is declared.
It will be found that Wills were never looked upon in the Roman community as a contrivance for parting Property and the Family, or for creating a variety of miscellaneous interests, but rather as a means of making a better provision for the members of a household than could be secured through the rules of Intestate succession.
Institutes of Roman Law
Disposition of a decedent's estate, originally structured as a simulated Mancipation.
In the mancipatory will the Familiae emptor was originally in the place of the heir;
the presence of a certain number of witnesses for the execution of a Will:
A Testament was originally a Mancipation;