Testament
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also in the atlas: Testament the object
Will · Testamentary instrument · Testaments · Wills · a Will
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Ancient Law (English)
We have had the process clearly exemplified in the history of Testaments.
in the texts
Ancient Law
The legal instrument by which a testator's intentions regarding succession are declared.
In itself a Will is simply the instrument by which the intention of the testator is declared.
The Testaments from which our Wills are directly descended at first took effect immediately on their execution;
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.
Institutes of Roman Law
Disposition of a decedent's estate, originally structured as a simulated Mancipation.
A Testament was originally a Mancipation;
the presence of a certain number of witnesses for the execution of a Will:
In the mancipatory will the Familiae emptor was originally in the place of the heir;