[ad. L. testātiōn-em, n. of action f. testārī (-āre): see TESTATE a. Cf. obs. F. testacion (14–16th c. in Godef.).]

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  † 1.  Attestation, testimony. Obs.

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1642.  H. More, Song of Soul, II. iii. II. xxix. A true testation of the souls utter independency On this poor crasie Corse.

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1646.  Bp. Hall, Satan’s Fiery Darts Quenched, I. Wks. 1863, VII. 197 (R.). How clear a testation have the inspired prophets of God given of old to this truth!

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1656.  in Blount, Glossogr.

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  2.  The disposal of property by will.

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1832.  Gen. P. Thompson, in Westm. Rev., April, 298. That the right of testation … is, primâ facie, nothing but an extension of the simple right of disposition, to the doing in a convenient way what must otherwise be done in an inconvenient one.

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1861.  Maine, Anc. Law, vi. 196. It is doubtful whether a true power of testation was known to any original society except the Roman.

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1876.  Digby, Real Prop., viii. 343.

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