Usages of testamentum
Avia scribam vocat, ut testamentum novum scribat.
Grandmother calls a scribe, so that he may write a new will.
Scriba testamentum lente legit et quaerit quis heres futurus sit.
The scribe reads the will slowly and asks who will be the heir.
Testator testamentum scribit.
The testator writes the will.
Testamentum non modo coheredem non ostendit, sed ne substitutionem quidem continet.
The will not only fails to indicate a co-heir, but does not even contain a substitution.
Sive pater intestatus est sive testamentum habet, praetor adest.
Whether the father is intestate or has a will, the praetor is present.
Sive semis sive uncia legatario datur, coheres testamentum legit.
Whether a half-share or a twelfth-share is given to the legatee, the co-heir reads the will.
Sive familiae emptor adest sive praetor adest, coheres testamentum legit.
Whether the formal purchaser or the praetor is present, the co-heir reads the will.
Signator tabulas testamenti obsignat.
The sealing witness formally seals the tablets of the will.
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