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SAMPA: /"tEst@m@nt/
Noun
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- (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her estate and effects after his or her death.
#::Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man or woman, in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See {Nuncupative will}, under {Nuncupative}.
- One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
#:He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. --Heb. IX. 15.
Synonyms
will (law)
Derived terms
Old Testament
New Testament
holographic testament -- a testament written wholly by the testator himself. -w:Bouvier.
Related terms
intestate
testify
Translations
trans-top|document containing a person's will
Czech: záv�ť f, poslednà vůle f
Danish: testamente
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Russian: заве� (zav'ét) m
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trans-top|part of the Bible
Danish: testamente
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Russian: заве� (zav'ét) m
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