Latin: I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, In the Roman law. Titio et Seio hominem Stichum do, lego, I give and bequeath to Titius and Selus my man Stichus. Inst 2, 20, 8, 30, 31. The expression is literally retained in modern wills.