Designation
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DESIGNATION, wills. The expression used by a testator, instead of the name
of the person or the thing he is desirous to name; for example, a legacy to.
the eldest son of such a person, would be a designation of the legatee. Vide
1 Rop. Leg. ch. 2.
2. A bequest of the farm which the testator bought of such a person; or
of the picture he owns, painted by such an artist, would be a designation of
the thing devised or bequeathed.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.