testamentary guardian

Law : A guardian appointed by a father's will over his child. *těst-a-men-ta-tion, s . [TESTAMENT.] The act or power of giving by will. "By this law the right of testament at i on is taken away, which the inferior tenures had always enjoyed."-Tracts on the Popery Laws. IMG:content-0940.png:[blocks in formation] "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen: and ye receive not our witne ." -John iii. 11. *2. To publish and declare freely and openly. "Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ."- Acts xx. 21. II. Law : To affirm or declare upon oath before a tribunal for the purpose of establishing or proving 2. Of or belonging to a testimonial; intended as, or taking the place of a testimonial. [B. 3.] "The Lord Chief Justice will be offered a testimonial IMG:content-0941.png:[blocks in formation] testudo to the type-genus Testudo (q. v.). In some cla ifications the family includes the freshwater Tortoises, now generally made a separate family of Emydide (q. v.). 2. Palæont .: The family appears in the Miocene of Europe and the Eocene of North America. [COLOSSOCHELYS.]