animus testandi

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animus testandi - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ANIMUS TESTANDI. An intention to make a testament or will. This is required
  to make a valid will; for whatever form may have been adopted, if there was
  no animus testandi, there can be no will. An idiot for example, can make no
  will, because he has no intention.