ATTESTATION CLAUSE

attestation clause.A provision at the  end  of an instrument (esp. a  will) that is signed by the

instrument’s  witnesses  and  that  recites  the  formalities  required  by  the  jurisdiction  in  which  the

instrument  might  take  effect  (such  as  where  the  will  might  be  probated).  •  The  attestation

strengthens the  presumption  that  all  the  statutory  requirements  for  executing  the  will have  been

satisfied. Cf. TESTIMONIUM CLAUSE. [Cases: Wills    113. C.J.S. Wills §§ 253–255.][Blacks Law 8th]