ON. Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning .of. the operation of a contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit In court, oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths, 88 Tex. 574, 33 S. W. 652, 30 L. R. A. 765, 53 Am. St. Rep. 790; Sullivan ?. Coal Co., 94 Tex. 541, 63 S. W. 307; Marvin v. McCul-lum, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 288; State v- Bollero, 112 La. 850, 36 South. 754