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Wills

scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a. Depository of

Oath

following:- The person taking the oath shall hold as New Testament, or, in the case of a Jew, the Old Testament,

Confirmation

the appointee is called an executor-nominate and the confirmation a testament testamentor. When the appointment has been made by the Court,

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Peshito

The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament translated from Hebrew also the incomplete Syriac version of the

VerbarHagiographa

The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament comprising Psalms Proverbs Job Canticles Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel

Douay Bible

Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France The New Testament portion was published at Rheims A D 1582 the Old

Institutions

whom property may be acquired. Title III. shows how a Testament made in the form prescribed by law, and not invalidated,

Pentateuch

The first five books of the Old Testament collectively called also the Law of Moses Book of the

Septuagint

A Greek version of the Old Testament so called because it was believed to be the work

Bastard

domiciled in Scotland to dispose of their movable estates by testament or last will in like manner as other persons belonging

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