Suggestion
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In practice
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It is applied to those cases where, during the pendency of a suit, some matter of fact or circumstance which will materially affect or put a stop to the suit in its existing form, which for some reason cannot be pleaded, 186 Mich. 617, 625; such as death or insolvency of a party. The counsel of the other party announces the fact in court, or enters it upon the record. The fact is usually admitted, If true, and the court issues the proper order theretipon. See 2 Sellon, Prac. 191, In wills, when suggestions are made to a testator for the purpose of procuring a devise of his property in a particular way, "Wills" (G 3); 5 Tou Uier, Dr. Civ. note 70?.