testacy (test as i)

[ valid testament or will at death. testacyet, a. [L. test ace us: see testaceous.] Testaceous. Nowe yote on that scyment clept testacye Sex fynger thicke, and yerdes is noo synne To all to flappe it with. its use in ix. 15-20. In this pa age the a covenant as involving in ancient times a sacrifice with shedding of blood is blended with that of a last will made operative by the death of the testator. In Mat. xxvi. 28 and parallel pa ages the phrase "blood of the new testament " is connected with the cup in the Lord's Supper. In 2 Cor. iii. 14 the expre ion "reading of the old testament " shows the transition of meaning to our application of the title Old Testament to the Hebrew Scriptures. (Compare 1 Мас. і. 57.) When used alone the word commonly means a copy of the New Testament: as, a gift of Bibles and Testaments. She having innocently learn'd the way Thro' both the serious Testaments to play. J. Beaumont, Psyche, i. 70. In its pre-Christian stage the religion of revelation is represented as a covenant between the spiritual God His chosen people the Hebrews. In accordance with this, and in allusion to Jer. xxx i. 31, Jesus speaks of the new dispensation founded in His death as a new covenant (1 Cor. xi. 25). Hence, as early as the 2d century of our era, the two great divisions of the Bible were known as the Among Latin-speaking Christians the Greek word for cove books of the Old and of the New Covenant respectively. nant was often incorrectly rendered testament, and thus Western Christen dom still uses the names of the Old and New Testaments. Encyc. Brit., III. 634. Derogatory clause in a testament. See clause. - Inofficious testament. See inofficious. - Mancipatory testament, a kind of testament allowed by the early Roman law, and continued in use till the middle ages in the form of a public and irrevocable conveyance of the testator's estates, rights, privileges, and duties: also called the testament with copper and scales, from the formality of producing a scale for the uncoined copper money of ancient Rome. Maine. - Military testament. See military. Pretorian testament, a will allowed by the Pretorian edicts, by which legacies could be made, and the transfer could be directed to be kept secret till death. Maine. testamental (tes-ta-men'tal), a. [ The testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. Montgomery, According to thy gracious word. of testari, bear witne , declare, make a last will: see test3, v.] I. a. Having made and left a valid will or testament. Persons dying testate and intestate. Ayliffe , Parergon. II. n. 1. In law , one who has made a will or testament; one who dies leaving a will or testament in force. - 2t. Witne ; testimony. But thinkes to violate an oath no sin, Though calling testates all the Stygian gods? Heywood, Jupiter and Io (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 278). testation (tes-ta's hon), n. [= Sp. test a cion = It. test azione, How clear a testation have the inspired prophets of God given of old to this truth! 2. A giving by will. Bp . Hall , Satan's Fiery Darts Quenched. In those parts of India in which the collective holding of property has not decayed as much as it has done in Lower Bengal, the liberty of testation claimed would clearly be foreign to the indigenous system of the country. Maine , Village Communities, p. 41.