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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

n.

In old English law

A valley. Co. Litt 4b. v. As used in a will, this term is a precatory word, rather than mandatory or dispositive, but it is sufficient, in proper cases, to create a trust in or in respect to the property spoken of.

See Cockrill v. Armstrong, 31 Ark. 589; Cord v. Field, 103 Ky. 293, 45 S. W. 92.