A testamentary dlsposition subsequent to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained, added to, subtracted from, or confirmed by way of republlcatlon, but in no case totally revoked. Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 376; Dunham v. Averill, 45 Conn. 79, 29 Am. Rep. 642; Green v. Lane, 45 N. C. 113; Grimball v. Patton, 70 Ala. 631; Proctor v. Clarke, 3 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 448
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
