Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
Teste meipso — I, myself bear witness … Ballentine's law dictionary
teste — tes·te / tes tē/ n [Medieval Latin teste meipso (or seipso ) by my (or his) own witness] 1: the witnessing or concluding clause of an instrument (as a writ) 2: witness used esp. formerly to indicate that what follows is named as authority for… … Law dictionary
teste of a writ — /testiy av a rit/ In practice, the concluding clause, commencing with the word Witness, etc. A writ which bears the teste is sometimes said to be tested. In English law, teste is a word commonly used in the last part of every writ, wherein the… … Black's law dictionary
