Suggestion
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SUGGESTION. In its literal sense this word signifies to inform, to
insinuate, to instruct, to cause to be remembered, to counsel. In practice
it is used to convey the idea of information; as, the defendant suggests the
death of one of the plaintiffs. 2 Sell. Pr. 191.
2. In wills, when suggestions are made to a testator for the purpose of
procuring a devise of his property in a particular way, and when such
suggestions are false, they generally amount to a fraud. Bac. Ab. Wills, G
3; 5 Toull. n. 706.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.