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Testit, Testat(e, adj. Also: -yt, -ed, teistit. [e.m.E. testate (1475), L. testātus.] a. Of possessions: Recorded as (part of) a bequest in a will.(a) 1479–80 Acta Conc. I 47/2.
The accioune … is referrit … to the spirituale juge ordinare, becausse the partij is a kyrkma[n] & the accioun is for testit gudis 1498 Acta Conc. II 178.
That the gudis that the sade Margret clamyt him as executour forsaid war testit gudis and aucht til be … persewit before the spirituale juge 1523 Carnwath Baron Ct. (SHS) 2.
The inqueist fyndis the ox testit gud 1524 Carnwath Baron Ct. (SHS) 19.
It is testit gere & awcht nocht to tholl law in this temperell court 1529 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 98.
That thir guddis … are deid manis gudis and testit gudis 1541 Prestwick B. Rec. 57.
He persewyt hyr for ane ryng quhilk was testyt geyr 1562 Murray Early B. Organ. I 239.
The baillies of the burgh of Dysart are not judges, and have no jurisdiction to sit upon tested gear 1576 Breadalbane Ct. Bk. 18.
That na … persone … pas to ony spirituall jurisdictioun … except testat geir teyndis partesingis or vther spirituall actionis(b) 1566 Inverness Rec. I 141.
That the samyn is teistit gude and aucht to be pleyt befoir the spiritual juge and nocht befoir the prowest

b. Of a person: That has left a valid will at death. c1575 Balfour Pract. 532.
Quhasumever is ane ockerar, and deceassis testit or untestit … all his gudis and geir pertenis to the king's majestie, as eschete 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 40.
All the gudes and geir perteining to ane ockerer, quhither he deceis testat or vntestat, perteins to the king 1681 Stair Inst. iii viii § 27.
No man can die partly testate and partly intestate except in military testaments