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- Latin · borrowed fromtestāmentī factiō“right of participating in a will”
- English todaytestamenti factio
From Latin testāmentī factiō (“right of participating in a will”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The legal capacity to compose a testamentum as a testator, available to any Roman citizen sui juris who had attained puberty (i.e. males of fourteen years or older and females of twelve years or older). Full definition →
From Latin testāmentī factiō (“right of participating in a will”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.