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66 WILLS and TESTAMENTS.
hear him publish, pronounce and declare
the same to be his last will and testament?
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Thirdly. Do you, to the best of your apprehension,
believe, that the testator was at the
time of his so doing, of sound and disposing
mind, memory, and understanding?
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Fourthly. Have you respectively subscribed your
names to this will, at the request, and in the
presence of the testator, and have you done
the same in the presence of each other?
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Probate to
wills by the
witnesses. |
These questions being answered in the affirmative,
they are to take the following oath;
which is also to be entered at the foot of the
will, viz.
------
county, ss. the --- day of --- 177.
Then came A. B. C. D. and E. F. the three subscribing
witnesses to the within last will and testament
of N. N. late of ------ county deceased, and
severally made oath on the holy evangels of almighty
God, that they did see the testator therein named
sign and seal this will, and that they heard
him
publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his
last will and testament; that at the time of his so
doing, he was, to the best of their apprehensions,
of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding;
and that they respectively subscribed
their names as witnesses to this will, in the presence, |
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