TESTAMENTUM

testamentum (tes-t[schwa]-men-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A will. • In early and classical law, the mancipatory will was standard. It was still used in the Later Empire but in A.D. 446, the holographic will was accepted in the Western Empire. A will could also be made by registration on the court acta. See holographic will, […]