testamentum tripertitum

(trI-p[schwa]r-tI-t[schwa]m). [Latin “tripartite will”] Roman law A will made without interruption, with seven witnesses to seal it, and signed by the testator. • This form of will was valid in Justinian’s law. It was called “tripartite” because the authority for various parts of it derived from three sources: the civil law (requiring that the will […]