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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Testing, vbl. n. [Test v. a.] The disposal of possessions by will. — 1681 Stair Inst. iii viii § 11.
[In Roman law] the power of testing was restrained in favour of lawful children, that the testator could not by legacy … abate from the children their portions natural 1681 Stair Inst. iii iv § 15.
All pactions or provisions, which might any way hinder the free liberty of testing, or any act whereby defuncts might be … constrained in the free disposal of their estates, were … null 1681 Stair Inst. iii viii § 37.
The power of testing is competent to all persons who have the use of reason