Middle English Dictionary Entry
teste n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | teste n.(3) |
| Etymology | From L testis & OF test(e witness. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A concluding clause in a royal decree attesting to its authenticity; (b) a witness in a legal suit.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423-4) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)298 : This maundement was sent by our soverayn lord Kynge that now is to the Schireves of London, the teste of the which maundement ys the xx day of Feverer the second yeer of his regne.
- (1425) RParl.4.267b : Hit was eke said by the same Wauter, yat in Patentes Writyng of Kyng Richard..yat in ye testes is write, my Lordes Fadre of Warrewyk, byfore my Lordes Fadre Mareschall.
- (1425) RParl.4.269b : The fourth Article..reherseth, yat in Lettres Patentes, made by Kyng Richard to the Duc of Glouc', of Holdernesse and Okham, in the teste yrof is named ye Erl of Warr', afore ye Erl Mareschall.
- (1425) RParl.4.270a : So yis newe writyng of ye teste in Kyng Richard' daies may nat availle ye matier of his seid Lord Erle of Warr'.
- (1467-8) RParl.5.603b : Oure said Letters Patentes, wherof the Teste is at Westm' the xixth day of Juyn..stand and abide in their full force.
b
- (1464) Paston1.204 : Also they haue pwt jn testes aȝens ȝow iijxx ore iiijxx men.