REASON

A faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes truth from falsehood, good from evil, and which enables the po e or to deduce inferences from facts Or" from propositions. Webster. Also an in-. ducement, motive, or ground for action, as in the phrase "reasons for an appeal." See Nelson v. Clongland, 15 Wis. 393; Miller T. "Mlller, 8 Johns. (N. Y.) 77. [s. 999]