readin

READING. The act of making known the contents of a writing or of a printed 
document. 
     2. In order to enable a party to a contract or a devisor to know what a 
paper contains it must be read, either by the party himself or by some other 
person to him. When a person signs or executes a paper, it will be presumed 
that it has been read to him, but this presumption may be rebutted. 
     3. In the case of a blind testator, if it can be proved that the will 
was not read to him, it cannot be sustained. 3 Wash. C C. R. 580. Vide 2 
Bouv. Inst. n. 2012.