A mortuary, or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of England, on the death of parishioners. It was originaHy voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be paid in the life-time. 2 Bl. Comm. 425. SOUND, v. To have reference or relation to;.to aim at. An action is technically said to sound in damages where it is brought not for the specific recovery of a thing, but for damages only. Steph. Pl. 105. SOUND, adj: Whole; in good condition ; marketable. So used in warranties of chattels. See Brown v. Bigelow, 10 Allen (Mass.) 242; Hawkins v. Pemberton, 35 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 383; Woodbury v. Robbins, 10 Cush. (Mass.) 522. —Sound and disposing mind and memory. This phrase is often used in the law of wills, to signify testamentary capacity.—Sound mind. This term denotes the norma condition of the human mind,—that state in which its faculties of perception and judgment are ordinarily well developed, and not impaired by mania, insanity, or dementia. See Daly v. Daly. 1 ee . 55 N. EB. 671; Delafield v. Parish. 25 102: Wilson v. Mitchell, 101 ~~ 495; Spratt v. Spratt, 76 Mich. 384, ‘43 N. 627 ; hitney v. Twombly, 136 Mass. 147; Parca v4 shales 11 Fed. Cas. 661; Yoe v. McCord,