Etymology

testamenti factio

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 →

Latin testāmentī factiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromtestāmentī factiō“right of participating in a will”
  2. English todaytestamenti factio

From Latin testāmentī factiō (“right of participating in a will”).

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