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READING. The act of making known the contents of a writing or of a printed
document.
2. In order to enable a party to a contract or a devisor to know what a
paper contains it must be read, either by the party himself or by some other
person to him. When a person signs or executes a paper, it will be presumed
that it has been read to him, but this presumption may be rebutted.
3. In the case of a blind testator, if it can be proved that the will
was not read to him, it cannot be sustained. 3 Wash. C C. R. 580. Vide 2
Bouv. Inst. n. 2012.