Civil law. A secret will signed by the testator, sealed and delivered to a notary in the presence of three to seven witnesses, accompanied by the testator’s declaration that it is a valid will. • The notary is then required to indorse on the envelope containing the will a statement of all the facts surrounding […]
mystic testament 〈西〉〈美〉秘密遗嘱;密封遗嘱 根据西班牙法而作成的一种遗嘱形式，在美国盛行于路易斯安那州和加利福尼亚州。立遗嘱人在立遗嘱后或在其指定的人代书遗嘱并经其亲笔签字后，将遗嘱装入信封，密封，当着公证员和七个证人的面宣布内装的是他的遗嘱，再由公证人证明该行为并记于信封之上，从而构成一个秘密遗嘱。
testament (tes-t[schwa]-m[schwa]nt). 1. Traditionally, a will disposing of personal property. Cf. DEVISE(4). 2. WILL(2). closed testament. See mystic will under WILL. inofficious testament. Civil law. A will that does not dispose of property to the testator’s natural heirs; esp., a will that deprives the heirs of a portion of the estate to which they are
not law. A judicial decision regarded as wrong by the legal profession. “Even when it is not possible to point out any decision that affects the point in question in any one of the ways enumerated, it sometimes happens that the profession has grown to ignore the old decision as wrong or obsolete; and though