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Testament

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Testament, a disposition of personal property to take place after the owner's decease, according to his desire and direction. See WILLS.

As to the modes of making a testament according to the Civil Law, see Sand. Just.; Cumn. C.L. 117; Maine's Anc. Law.

The word 'testament' is derived form 'testatio mentis', it testifies the determination of the mind, Uma Devi Nambiar v. T.C. Sidhan, (2004) 2 SCC 321 (328). [Succession Act, 1925, ss. 57, 58, 59]

Means a Will disposing of personal property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1484

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