as confidence may exist. An addition to the will, called a codicil, designed 22 to modify, add to, or change previous bequests, may be executed at any time, but in every case it must be rendered as definite 23 and precise the will itself, witnessing included. Wills should be made in good season, while those making them are in health and at leisure."

LESSON 117

LEGAL TERMS

"He who seeks equity must himself do equity."—Legal Maxim.

con çès' sion, act of yielding; a grant. | de ben' ture, a writing acknowledg

erim' i nal, relating to crime; one dow' er, the portion of a married guilty of crime.

eus'to dy, judicial or penal safekeep- draw ee', one on whom a bill of ex

LESSON 118

MISCELLANEOUS

"To tell our own secrets is often folly; to communicate those of other is treachery."

ǎl lay', to calm, to soothe.
belle, an attractive young lady.
băx' om, stout and rosy.
cō å lĭ' tion, an alliance.
com' ic al, ludicrous; funny.
de çi' sive, final; conclusive.
de sçend' ant, descending lineally
from another, however remotely.
dis o bey' (-ba'), not to obey; to vio-
late commands.

dom' i nões, a game.

în från' gi ble, unbreakable; not to

be broken or violated.

in vět' er ate, habitual.

jăn' i tōr, a caretaker of a building; a
porter.

kēr' nel, a grain; a seed in a shell.
lăs' so, a rope with a running noose;
to catch with a lasso.
mon' åreh, a sovereign.

Ŏb' e lisk, a square shaft with pyra-
midal top; the mark (†).

e nig' må, a riddle; an obscure say- pe rus' ål, reading with attention. ing.

ē quiv' o eal, uncertain; of doubtfui
meaning.

gěn e ǎl' o gy, a pedigree; lineage.
ģes tie' u lāte, to make gestures.
in ē' briāte, a drunkard; to intoxi-
cate.

rĕn' děz vous (-dě võõ), a place of meeting; to assemble at a given place.

Riō Grän' de (Rē ō Grän' dā), a river flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.

tŏl' er āte, to endure; to suffer. Homophonous words,-what do they mean?

"The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intentions were so."-Legal Maxim. děe' a logue (-log), the ten command- dū rèss', actual or threatened vio

ments.

di' ġěst, an analytical classification and arrangement of statutes.

lence.

ěm běz' zle, to appropriate money fraudulently.

dis in hĕr' it, to dispossess; to cut off en ǎet', to make a law.

from inheriting.

eq'ui ty, right; justice; fairness.

guǎr an tēe', a surety for perform-in dôr see', one in whose favor an inance; to warrant. dorsement is made.

hêir, a person to whom property will in fringe', to transgress; to violate; decend by inheritance. to break some rule or law.

LESSON 121

LEGAL TERMS

"The law does not seek to compel a man to do that which he cannot possibly perform."Legal Maxim.

in fringe' ment, a trespass upon the | lïen (lēn), a legal claim on any class rights of another; encroachment on of property to secure payment of a the copyright, patent, etc., of an- debt. other; violation.

in june'tion, a command; a judicial restraint.

in sol' věn çy, inability to pay debts. in tes' tate, dying without having made a will.

in vǎl' id, void; null.

līm ĭ tā' tion, a restriction; a statutory period.

lit' i gate, to contest by a lawsuit. lynch, to inflict punishment, espe

cially death, in an unlawful manner. măl fea' sançe, the doing of an act which is evil or unlawful.

ju di' cial, pertaining to a court or măn da'mus, a kind of writ comjudge.

manding the performance of some duty.

mer' gēr, an absorption of one estate or contract in another.

law' yer, one versed in, or a prac- mi' nõr, less; one under age of twenty

"Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more."-Lord Bacon.

á bóve'-board, in open sight; without | elĕm' a tis, a climbing plant with trick.

flowers.

ap pall', to scare; to depress or dis- con spir' a çy, a plot.

courage with fear.

bug' à boo, a specter.

des' ert, sandy plain.

des sert', last course at dinner.

de věl' op, to unfold; to disclose. ěl' i ġi ble, suitable; desirable.

en věl' op, to enclose within a case; to surround.

loose, to unbind; unfastened.
lose, to forfeit; to suffer loss.
nu' ele us, a kernel; a mass around
which something is gathered.

e văn' gěl ist, a revivalist; a preacher pro çē' dure, process; a step taken. suǎv' i ty, gentleness; agreeableness.

of the gospel.

in dis pěn' så ble, impossible to be sur prise', wonder; astonishment.

omitted or spared; necessary.

sū' ze rāin tỷ, paramount authority.

lănd' scape, a picture of a portion of tăn' gi ble, evident; readily apprecountry. hended.

lin' e à ment, feature, particularly of vil' lage, a hamlet; a small collection the face.

lin' i ment, ointment.

of houses.

writ' ing, a manuscript.

Look at these words. Some of them are sometimes wrongfully separated.

ex ery' çi a ting, causing or inflicting niece, daughter of a brother or sister.

intense pain.

Fäh' ren heit, a thermometer scale

introduced by Dr. Fahrenheit.

fǎs' çi nāte, to charm; to enchant. feud, vindictive strife.

nŭrs' er y, the place in a house appro

priated to the care of the children. Ŏb sẽrv' å to ry, a place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be commanded.

ģēn' ius (-yus), distinguished mental păn de mō' ni ŭm, a lawless, riotous

superiority.

jos'tle, to elbow; to push or crowd. mod i fi ea' tion, the act of modifying or the state of being modified.

place or assemblage.

rep re sen ta' tion, a picture, model

or other fac-simile.

re sem' ble, to be like or similar to.