The revocation, recalling, or cancellation of a legacy, according to the apparent intention of the testator, implied by the law from acts done by him in his life, though such acts do not amount to an ex-press revocation of it. Kenaday v. Slnnott, 179 U. S. 606, 21 Sup. Ct 233, 45 L. Ed. 339; Burnham v. Comfort, 108 N. Y. 535, 15 N. E. 710, 2 Am. St Rep. 462; Tanton v. Keller, 167 111. 129, 47 N. E. 376; Cowles v. Cowles, 56 Conn. 240, 13 Atl. 414
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
