Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, in the Roman law. Titio ct Seio hontinem, Stichum do, lego, I give and bequeath to Titlus and Seius my man Stichus. Inst. 2, 20, 8, 30, 31. The expression is literally retained in modern wills