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Definition :

Savour, to partake of the nature of; to bear affinity to. Money in any way connected with land, e.g., money secured by mortgage of real or leasehold property, or a legacy charged on land, was said to 'savour of the realty,' and prior to the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891, could not be bequeathed to a charity.

To partake of the character of or bear affinity to something, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1344.