Reading

The act of pronoubcing aloud, or of acquiring by actual inspection, a knowledge of the contents of a writing or of a printed document. When a person signs or executes a paper, it will be presumed that it has been read to him; see Pacific Guano Co. v. Anglin, 82 Ala. 496, 1 South. 852; New York L. Ins. Co. v. Fletcher, 117 U. S. 532, 6 Sup. Ct. 837, 29 L. Ed. 934; Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Shay, 82 I’a. 203; but this presumption may be rebutted. See Signature. In the case of a blind testator, if the will was not read to him, it cannot be sustained; Harrison v. Rowan, 3 Wash. C. C. 580, Fed. Cas. No. 6,141. When the testator was blind and there are any circumstances giving reasonable ground for suspicion of fraud or imposition, the burden is on those who support the will to show that it was read to him; Davis v. Rogers, 1 Houst. (Del.) 44. Where one who cannot read or write is disqualified for jury service, the words mean that he must be able to do so in the English language; Wright v. State, 12 Tex. App. 167.