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]