noun
Meaning 1
A witness.
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Topics: law
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noun
A witness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
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History
So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.