RAISE

To create. A use may be rais• ed; i. e., a use may be created. Also to inQ fer; to create or bring to light by construction or Interpretation. -Raise a presumption. To gi""ve occasion or ground for a presumption; to be of such a character, or to be attended with such circumstan· ces, as to justify an inference or pre Bump tion of R law. Thus, a person's silence, in some instances, will "raise a presumption" of his consent to what is done.-Raise an i ue, To bring ple~dings t? an i ue; to have th!l effect of pro-- ducmg an i ue between the parties pleading in an action.-Rai11e _revenue. To levy a tax, as a means of collectmg revenue; to bring together, collect, or levy revenue. The phrase does not imply an increase of revenue. Perry County v. Selma, etc., R. Co., 58 Ala. 657.-Raising a proJDi11e. By this phrase is meant the act of the law in extracting from the facts and circumstances of a particular transaction a pr~mi~ which was implicit therein, and postulatmg 1t as a ground of legal liability.-Rais- ~ a _use. Creating, establishing, or calling mto existence a 1;1se. Thus, ir a man conveyed 11;'-nd to ~nother m fee, without any consider a~ t10n, eqmty would presume that he meant it to be to the use of himself, and would therefore raise an implied use for his benefit. Brown.- Raising an action, in Scotland is the institu-· t\on?f an act i?n or suit.-Raising JDOney. 'Io raise money 1s to realize money by subscrip• tion, loan, or otherwise. New York & R. Cement Co. v. Davis, 173 N. Y. 235 66 N E. 9· New London Literary Inst. v. Pr'escott, ·40 N' H. 333:-Raising portions. When a landed estate 1s settle~ on an eldest son, it is generally burdened with the payment of specific sums of money in favor of his brothers and sisters A dif.ec~i?n to thjs effect is called a directio~ for raismg portions for younger children ·" and, for this purpose, "it is usual to demise ~r lease the estate to trustees for a term of years, upon trust to raise the required portions ·by a sale or mortgage of the same. Mozley & Whitle7. [s. 996]