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a13252	A briefe treatise of testaments and last willes very profitable to be vnderstoode of all the subiects of this realme of England, (desirous to know, whether, whereof, and how, they may make their testaments: and by what meanes the same may be effected or hindered,) and no lesse delightfull, aswell for the rarenes of the worke, as for the easines of the stile, and method: compiled of such lawes ecclesiasticall and ciuill, as be not repugnant to the lawes, customes, or statutes of this realme, nor derogatorie to the prerogatiue royall. In which treatise also are inserted diuers statutes of this land, together with mention of sundrie customes, aswell general as particular, not impertinent thereunto: besides diuers marginall notes, and quotations not to be neglected, especially of Iustinianists, or young students of the ciuil law: vvith two tables, the one analyticall ... the other alphabeticall ... By the industrie of Henrie Swinburn, Bachelar of the Ciuill Lawe.	Swinburne, Henry, 1560?-1623.	1591 (1591)	STC 23547; ESTC S118058	497,477	642

Menoch de arb Iud. cas 395. n. 41. verb. hoc fortius The second case is † when vnto flatterie is ioyned fraude or deceit d) Sichard in d. L. vlt. n. 13. Olden de action class 5. fo 518. Menoch d. cas 395. n. 41. Afflict decif 69. The third case is when the testator is a person of weake iudgement and easie to be perswaded and the legacie great e) Molin in apostil ad Dec. consil 489. The fourth † case like vnto this is when the testator is vnder the gouernment of the perswader or in his daunger f) Molin in d. Apostil And therefore if the phisition during the time of sicknesse be instant with the testator to make him his executor or to giue him his goods this testament is not good g) Peckius de testam coniug lib. 1. c. 9 n. 6. Bar. in L. Archiatr de profess med lib. 10. C for the lawe presumeth that the testator did it least the phisition should forsake him or negligently cure him h) Peckius vbi supra in c. 17. eod lib. Lucas de penna in d. L. Archiatri iuxta illud Poetae Garrulus aegroto medicus si forte medetur Alter adest morbus continuusque dolor So it is if the testator being sicke his wife neglect to helpe him or to prouide remedie for the recouerie of his health and neuerthelesse in the meane time busily applie him with sweete and flattering speeches to make her his executrix or to bestow his goodes vpon her for in this case the disposition is vneffectuall i) Peckius d. lib. 1. de testa coniug c. 9. n. 5. Mathe. de afflict decis 69. The fift case is † when the perswader is verie importunate k) c. fin 20. q. 3. Abb. in c. praeterea de offic delega extr Menoch de Arbitr Iud. cas 395. n. 41. latiùs Peckius d. c. 9. n. 9. for an importunate begger is compared to an extortor l) ●mol in c. petitio de iureiur Peckius in d. c. 9. n 9. L. 1. §. persuadere ff de ser cor and it is an impudent part still to gape and crie vpon the testator and not to bee content with the first or seconde deniall m) Peckius vbi supra Rebuff Tract de rescrip ar 2. gloss 3. The sixt case is † when the testator hath made another testament before for then the later testament made at the instigation or request of another person is not good in preiudice of the former n) Socin Iun. consil 14 vol. 2. Peckius in d. c. 9. versic tertio as elsewhere is and shall be declared o) Supra part 2. §. 27. inf●a §. 14. limitac 4. Of errour 1 Error may happen in diuerse respects 2 Of error in the person of the executor or legatarie 3 Of error in the name of the executor or legatarie 4 Of error in the qualitie of the executor or legatarie 5 Whether a false cause make voide the disposition 6 Error in the thing bequeathed manifold 7 Of error in the proper name of the thing bequeathed 8 Of error in the name appellatiue of the thing bequeathed 9 Of the difference betwixt a proper name and a name appellatiue 10 An obiection with the answere 11 Certaine cases wherein error in the name appellatiue is not hurtfull 12 Error in the substance of the legacie dooth destroie the legacie 13 Error in the quantitie of the thing bequeathed is not hurtfull 14 Certaine cases wherein error in quantitie doth destroie the legacie 15 Certaine cases wherein the error in the quantitie of the thing bequeathed as a certaine bodie is not hurtfull 16 Error in the qualitie of the thing bequeathed doth not destroie the legacie 17 Error in the forme of the disposition doth destroie the force thereof §. v. ERror dooth sometimes ouerthrow the disposition of the testator somtimes not Therefore that we may vnderstande whether this errour hurt or not wee are to consider † whether the error dooth respect the executor or legatarie or the thing bequeathed or the forme of the disposition And if it doo respect the executor or legatarie then whether the testator doo erre in the person or in the name or in the qualitie of the executor or legatarie When † the testator doth erre in the person of the executor or legatarie supposing him whom he maketh executor or to whō he doth bequeath any legacie to bee another person then he is the disposition is voide a) L. quoties ff de haered instit for example the testator intending to make Iohn at Stile his executor or to giue to Iohn at Stile an hundred pound he saith I make Iohn at Noke my executor or giue I to Iohn at Noke an hundred pound In this case neither can Iohn at Stile nor Iohn at Noke be executors or obtaine the legacie b) DD. in d. L. quoties The reason is this Iohn at Noke is excluded because the testator neuer thought it Iohn at Stile is excluded because the testator neuer spoke it for meaning without speaking is nothing and speech without meaning is lesse c) d. L. quoties L. in ambiguo ff dereb dub When † the testator doth erre in the name of the executor or legatarie and not in the person such error doth not hurt d) L. si in nomine C. de testa but in certaine cases one is when the testator is blind for then it is suspected that the testator dooth mistake the person together with the name e) Ias Sichard in d. L. si in nomine Ripa in L. si quis in fund ff de leg 1. n. 9. quem vide Another is when the testator dooth erre in the name of his owne sonne f) Sicha in d. L. si in nomine n. 14. Ripa in L. si quis fundi ff de leg 1. vbi sublimitat hanc limitac quādo viz. natus educatus esset silius in loco remoto or of his father g) Ripa in d. L. si q̄s n. 8 the reason is for that this grosse error doth note the testator of follie h) Sichard alij in d. L. si in nomine But a foole or he that is not of sound memorie cannot make a testament i) Supra 2. part §. 1. much more is the disposition voide if the testator do erre in his owne name k) Ias in d. L. si in nomi as if the testator say I Peter make my testament where his name is Iohn for this is a plaine and euident proofe of his follie or lacke of sufficient memorie l) Bar. in L. cum in liberis C. de haered instit est communis opinio vt per Grass Thesaur com op §. Institutio q. 29. n. 2. When † the testator doth erre in the qualitie of the executor or legatarie this error is not hurtfull m) L. falsa demonstratio ff de cond demō c. 1.

Valla acerrimus Latinae linguae assertor qui hanc deductionē libero ore de●ident ille li. 6. c. 12. hic li. eleg 6. c. 3. Quòd vt aiunt nō magis dicatur testamentū a mēte quā calc●amentū quā salsa●ētum quā ornamētū c As though forsooth Iustinian or Sulpitius had contended to deliuer the very Etymologie of the worde Testament and not a certaine Allusion rather of the voice onely (l) Ita enim conantur hanc notam excusare Alciatus in L. Tabernae ff de verb. fig. Couar in d. rub de test ex j. part n. 2. Inter Etimologiam ve●o allusionem hoc interest quòd illa in verb● veritate radicata rem ipsam potius quā vocem interpretatur Ista nuda quadam vocabuli similitudine cōtenta vocem magis quam rem refert Oldē Euerard loco ab Etimolog When this † word Testament is vttered in this generall sence it differeth not from a last will (m) Bar. in l. j. C. de sasan eccle col pē Bal. in L. omne verbum C. Com. de leg Lindw in c. statutum verb. vlt. vol. de test l. 3. Prouincial constit cant and any last will be it a Codicill or other kinde may bee so tearmed a Testament that is to say a testifying or declaring of the minde (n) Glos in l. 2. de constitu Pecu C. Bar. Bal. Lind. vbi supr And hence it is that not only in our speach but in our writinges also wee vse the tearmes of Testament and Last will indifferently or one for another It is taken strictly when it is accepted according to that definition inuented by Vlpianus (o) L. j. ff de Testam hereafter ensuing (p) §. Prox. and being taken in that sence it differeth from a last will (q) DD post glos in d. l j. ff de testam yet not as opposite thereunto but as the speciall differeth from the generall (r) DD. vbi supr for euery Testament is a last will but euery last will is not a Testament To speake more plainly thus they differ A † last will is a generall word and agreeth to euery seueral kind of last will or testamēt (s) Mantic. de cōiect vlt. vol l. 1. tit ● vbi tradit quinque species vlt. vol quarum prima est testamentum Simo de praet de interp vlt. vol lib. 2. dub j. sol 9. Phi● Frāc in Rub. de test lib. 6. qui lecis praedictis alias insuper species referūt But a testament † properly vnderstoode is one kinde of last will euen that wherein Executor is named For by the naming of an Executor it differeth from the rest (t) infr §. 3. n. 19. The definition of a Testament 1 What a Testament is 2 The definition of a Testament vnworthely reprehended §. ij A Testament † is defined after this manner Testamentum est voluntatis nostrae iusta sententia de eo quod quis post mortem suam fieri voluit (a) L. j. de Test ff A testament is a iust sentence of our will touching that we would haue done after our death Some † there be who do censure this excellent definition to be defectiue (b) Accurs Paul de eastr in d. l. j though vnworthelie (c) Quam viz. definitionem vtpote perfectissimam nemini licere in controuersiam reuocare refert Michael Grass Thesaur com op §. Testam q j. but nothing can content a curious head whose error is detected and the definition susteined in the expositiō following (d) nf § prox n. 19. A briefe exposition of the former Definition 1 Definitions dangerous in Law 2 The cause of this danger 3 It is rare if the definition be so iust that it cannot be ouerthrowen 4 A iust or perfect definition profitable to many purposes 5 The occasion of this exposition 6 Iuste hath diuers significations 7 Iuste opposed to that which is wicked 8 The Testator may not command any thing against iustice or equitie c. 9 Iuste taken for full or perfect 10 The testament must not be vnperfect 11 Imperfection testamentary twofolde 12 Testament vnperfect in respect of solemnitie 13 What solemnities be requisite in making of Testaments 14 Testament vnperfect in respect of will 15 Whether the testamēt being vnperfect in respect of will be voyde 16 A further meaning by the worde Iuste being taken for perfect 17 Euerie perfect will is not a perfect Testament 18 Their error detected who reprehende this Definition 19 What maketh a testament to differ from other kindes of last willes 20 Of the manifolde signification of this word Sentence 21 Testaments ought to be made with deliberation 22 Such as haue not the vse of reason cannot make a Testament 23 Vnaduised speeches make not a testament 24 How it may be proued that the Testator had animum testandi 25 Boasting wordes doe not dispose 26 Two kindes of iudiciall sentences Interlocutory and Diffinitiue 27 Contrarie effects of these two sentences 28 Testaments compared sometimes to an Interlocutorie sentence sometime to a Diffinitiue 29 The will of the testator the gouernor of the testament 30 The meaning of the testator is to be sought diligently and kept faithfully 31 Meaning to be preferred before words 32 Feare and fraud make voyde the testament 33 The Testator must be sui iuris 34 The testament not to be referred to another mans will 35 How a testament doeth differ from other sentēces 36 The Testament is of no force vntill the Testator be dead §. iij. DEfinitions † are saide to be dangerous in lawe (a) L. omnis diffinitio de reg iur ff vbi Accur cum suis sequacibus definitionē pro regula sumendā putauit Sed probabilior mihi videtur Cagnoli aliorū opinio quòd lex ista loquitur dedefinitione propriè dialecticè sumptâ the cause † may be attributed to the multitude of different cases (b) L. neque L. nō possunt ff de Legil us the penurie of apt wordes (c) L 4. de praef ver ff the weakenes of our vnderstanding (d) L 2. C. de vet in enucl macagnanus de cōmuni opinione in prin and the contrarietie of opinions (e) c. quia diuersitatē in prin de cōces praeben ex●r For happely amongest such aboundant varietie of thinges either we cannot discerne the true essence thereof (f) Id quod ●emo non fatetur esse difficillimū Dec. Cagnol alij in d. L. omnis diffinitio or we doo not aptly deliuer what we conceaue (g) Quū plura sint negotia quam vocabula l. ● de praescrip verb. F. or els these perils being past at least in our owne opinions yet are we still subiect to the rigorous examination of all sorts of men and must abide the doubtfull verdict of the sharpest wittes and endure the dreadfull sentence of the deepest iudgements (h) L. 1.