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For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. |
For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. |
For a covenant is valid only when men are dead (over the dead), for it is never (some, for it is then) in force while the one who made it lives. |
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because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. |
For a will and testament is valid and takes effect only at death, since it has no force or legal power as long as the one who made it is alive. |
for a testament is of force after men are dead, since it has no strength when the testator is living. |
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While the testator lives, a will has no legal power. |
For a will is valid only after a man is dead, since it has no force whatever while the one who made it is alive. |
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