Word · Frequency #28280
testes
证人；见证人
testes is the plural of teste.
a witness
- 1.
A witness.
证人。
- 2.
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
见证或结尾条款,所附义务；用于令状、契约等。
（法律文书的）见证条款；终结部分；证人。；见证或结尾条款,所附义务；用于令状、契约等。；终结部分
In use
The last paragraph of the deed, known as the teste, said that both parties had signed in the presence of two witnesses.
Before the writ was issued, the court clerk added a teste naming the judge as the official witness.
In older English legal documents, the teste usually came after the seal and recorded the date and place of signing.
as a teste
teste 在此义中意为“证人”；复数形式为 testes。
He appeared as a teste before the court.
他以证人身份出庭。
the teste of a writ/deed
此义指法律文书中的见证或终结条款。
The teste of the writ was read in court.
令状的见证条款在法庭上被宣读。
Connections
Collocations
- teste meipso
- 以本人为证人（法律文书中的拉丁见证语）
- The charter was sealed teste meipso.该宪章以本人为证人盖章。
- teste rege
- 以国王为证人（古代令状中的拉丁见证语）
- The royal writ concluded with the words teste rege.该王室令状以“teste rege”字样结尾。
- the teste of a writ
- 令状的终结（见证）条款
- The date is given in the teste of a writ.日期写在令状的终结条款中。
Pop culture & quotes
- Teste David cum Sibylla.
- 大卫与西比尔为证。A line from the medieval Latin hymn 'Dies Irae', familiar to many through the Requiem settings of Mozart, Verdi, and other composers. It uses 'teste' in its Latin sense 'as witness', meaning the Last Judgment is attested by King David and the Sibyl.这句出自中世纪拉丁文圣诗《末日经》(Dies Irae)，莫扎特、威尔第等人的《安魂曲》使之为大众熟悉。此处“teste”取拉丁文“作为证人”之意，表示末日审判有大卫王和西比尔女先知作证。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 teste 拆成 test + e，联想 testify（作证）：证人要在法庭上作证，teste 就是证人。见证条款也与作证相关。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、历史文献、正式法律英语 teste 是古旧的法律用语，通常出现在正式或历史法律文本中，现代英语中比较少见；多用来指证人或法律文书末尾的见证/终结条款。
Grammar Note
多用于法律文书或历史语境，指证人或文书末尾的见证条款。
Pronunciation & Spelling
teste 读作 /ˈtɛsti/，与 testy、zesty 同韵；拼写相近的 test（/tɛst/）、tester（/ˈtɛstər/）、testify（/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/）、testis（/ˈtɛstɪs/）发音不同，注意区分。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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