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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the clauses of an English deed, including a statement of the consideration money and the receipt thereof, and the operative words of transfer. Also called the witnessing or operative clause.
- noun In common law, a writ issued out of the court of one county to the sheriff of another, reciting a previous unsatisfied writ, saying “it is testified that the defendant lurks or wanders in your bailiwick.” The previous writ and its citation are now generally dispensed with.
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Socrates pulchrorum Adolescentum causa frequens Gymnasium adibat, flagitiosque spectaculo pascebat oculos, quod et Philebus et Phaedon, Rivales, Charmides et [4696] reliqui Platonis Dialogi, satis superque testatum faciunt: quod vero Alcibiades de eodem Socrate loquatur, lubens conticesco, sed et abhorreo; tantum incitamentum praebet libidini.
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Audiui postmodum & ab alijs, qui vicini essent illi, neminem ab inimico vulneratum tam constanter de illo testatum, vt hic, quod � mortuo fuisset in terram prouolutus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Audiui postmodum & ab alijs, qui vicini essent illi, neminem ab inimico vulneratum tam constanter de illo testatum, vt hic, quod à mortuo fuisset in terram prouolutus.
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* [580] Poterat nos Deus verbo aut nutu redimere, nisi aliter nostrâ causâ visum esset, ut proprio et unigenito Filio non parcens, testatum faceret in ejus personâ quantam habeat salutis nostræ curam.
A Dissertation on Divine Justice 1616-1683 1967
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Also, "If, after nulla bona returned, a testatum be entered upon the roll, quod devastavit, a writ of inquiry shall be directed to the sheriff, and if by inquisition the devastavit be found and returned, there shall be a scire facias quare executio non de propriis bonis, and if upon that the sheriff returns scire feci, the executor or administrator may appear and traverse the inquisition."
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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Benedictus autem sit in saecula Dominus, qui postquam ad momentum faciem suam a nobis (qui multis modis iram et indignationem ejus provocaveramus) abscondisset, universo orbi testatum fecit, se foederis sui non oblivisci, et suspiria suorum non spernere.
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Hoc tamen testatum esse volo, si mihi delata optio_, &c. The Bishop would have made his hearers believe that Calvin _was not content with the abolishing of the festival days_, whereas his words testify the very contrary.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Calvin, speaking of the abrogation of festival days in Geneva, saith, _hoc tamen testatum esse volo, si mihi delata optio fuisset, quod nunc constitutum est, non fuisse pro __ sententia dicturum.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Bishop Spotswood allegeth his words anent the abolishing of these festival days, thus: _Ego neque suasor neque impulsor fui, atque hoc testatum volo, si mihi delata optio_, &c.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Audiui postmodum & ab alijs, qui vicini essent illi, neminem ab inimico vulneratum tam constanter de illo testatum, vt hic, quod à mortuo fuisset in terram prouolutus.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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