MIND

In its legal sense, "mind" mean a only the ab111ty to will, to direct, to permit, or to a ent. In this sense, a corporation has a mind, and exerts its mind each time that it a ents to the terms of a contract. McDermott v. Evening Journal· A 'n, 43 N. J. Law, 492, 89 Am. Rep. 606...:.Mind and memory. A phrase applied t■ testators, denoting the po e ion of mental capacity to make a will. In order to make a valid will, the testator must have a sound and disposing mind and menwry. In other words, he ought to be capable of making his will, with an understanding of the nature of the busine in which he is engaged, a recollection of the property he means to dispose of, of the persons who are the objects of his bounty, and the manner in which it is to be distributed between them. Harrison v. Rowan, 8 Wash. C. C. 585, Fed. Oas. No, 6,141. · [s. 785]