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* Teste, Testes *

TESTE - The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness, etc.

The Act of Congress of May 8, 1792, directs that all writs and process issuing from the supreme or a circuit court, shall bear teste of the chief justice of the supreme court, or if that office be vacant, of the associate justice next in precedence; and that all writs or process issuing from a district court, shall hear teste of the judge of such court, or, if the said office be vacant, of the clerk thereof.

TESTES - Witnesses.
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