Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA witness. · The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.
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- Derivation mentiontestela
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