APERTURA TESTAMENTI

apertura   testamenti   (ap-<<schwa>>r-t[y]oor-<<schwa>>   tes-t<<schwa>>-men-tI).   [Latin

“opening of the tes-tament”] Roman law. A procedure for proving a will by which the witnesses

acknowledged their signatures and seal before a magistrate and the will was opened and publicly

read. [Blacks Law 8th]