ADEMPTION. ‘he revocation, recalling, or cancellation of a legacy, accurding to the apparent intention of the testator, implied by the law from acts done by him in his life, though such acts do not amount to an ex- . press revocation of it. Kenaday v. Sinnott, 179 U. S. 606, 21 Sup. Ct. 233, 45 L. Ed. 339; Burnham yv. Comfort, 108 N. Y. 535, 15 N.