Testing Clause

Testing Clause, in a Scottish deed, is the last clause, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, the number of pages of which the deed consists, and who was the person who penned the deed. Moreover, if there have been any interlineations or erasures of important words during the engrossing, these should be mentioned in this clause. The clause is an essential part of a Scottish deed, and no deed written by another than the party is valid unless the testing clause is regular. See DEED.