DESCRIPTIO

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DESCRIPTION. A written account of the state and condition of personal 
  property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, (q.v.) 
  but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, 
  and is without any appraisement of it. 
       2. When goods are found in the possession of a person accused of 
  stealing them, a description ought to be made of them. Merl. Rep. h.t. 


       3. A description is less perfect than a definition. (q.v.) It gives 
  some knowledge of the accidents and qualities of a thing; for example, 
  plants, fruits, and animals, are described by their shape, bulk, color, and 
  the like accidents. Ayl. Pand. 60. 
       4. Description may also be of a person, as description of a legatee. 1 
  Roper on Leg. chap. 2.