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Propound

An executor or other per-son is sald to propound a wlll or other testa-mentary paper when he takes proceedings for obtaining probate in solemn form. The term is also technically used, in England, to denote the allegations in the statement of claim, in an action for probate, by whlch the plaintiff alleges that the testator executed the wlll with proper formalities, and that he was of sound mind at the time. Sweet

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)