INSTRUMENT

A written document; a formal or legal document tn writing, such as a contract, deed, will, bond, or lease.. State "f, Phillips, 1G7 Ind. 481, 62 N. E. 12; Cardenas v. Miller, 108 Cal. 250,. 89 Pac. 788, 49 Am. St.. Rep. 84; Benson v. McMahon, 127 U. S. 457, 8 Sup. et. 1240, S2 L. IDd. 2341 [s. 646]