Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Electio semel facta, et placitum testatum, non patitur regressum
An election once made, and a plea witnessed (or intent shown), allows no going back.
Testatum
[Latin "attested"] Hist. A writ issued in a county where a defendant or a defendant's property is located when venue lies in another county. ( This writ, when issued after a ground writ, allowed the seizure of the defendant or the defendant's property in another county. - Also termed testatum bill; testatum writ; latitat (lat-a-tat). Cf. ground writ under WRIT. "But if the defendant had removed into another county, the next process the plaintiff might sue out against him was a testatum bill, directed to the sheriff thereof, which soon gained the name of a latitat, from that word being within it." 1 George Crompton, Practice CommonPlaced: Rules and Cases of Practice in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas xxxv (3d ed. 1787).
breve testatum
[Latin "a witnessed writ"] A written memorandum used to memorialize the terms of a conveyance and investiture of land. ( Witnesses to the conveyance did not sign the document, but their names were recorded. Brevia testata were introduced to reduce disputes concerning the terms of oral grants.
testatum writ
See TESTATUM.