holographic testament

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holographic testament - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Testament \Tes"ta*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari
     to be a witness, to make one's last will, akin to testis a
     witness. Cf. Intestate, Testify.]
     1. (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which
        a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate
        and effects after his death.
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     Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last
           will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must be
           made by a person of sound mind; and it must be executed
           and published in due form of law. A man, in certain
           cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See
           Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative.
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     2. One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes
        toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general
        divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures,
        in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the
        Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in
        colloquial language, to the latter.
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              He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for
              the redemption of the transgressions that were under
              the first testament.                  --Heb. ix. 15.
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     Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the
        testator himself. --Bouvier.
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