legatee

legatee
le·ga·tee /ˌle-gə-'tē/ n: one to whom a legacy is bequeathed compare devisee, heir, next of kin, successor

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

legatee
I noun beneficiary, devisee, distributee, donee, feoffee, grantee, heir apparent, heir at law, heiress, inheritor, legal heir, legatary, one who inherits, recipient, transferee associated concepts: pecuniary legatee, remainderman, residuary legatee, sole legatee, specific legatee II index beneficiary, devisee, donee, feoffee, heir, recipient, transferee

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


legatee
n.
A person who receives a legacy.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


legatee
A person or organization who receives a gift under the terms of a will. Historically, a legatee receives only personal property, not real property; however the word now is most often used to refer to a person who takes any kind of property under a will. Compare: devisee
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


legatee
n. One who receives property via a will.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


legatee
A person who receives personal property through a will.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


legatee
A person who receives personal property through a will.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

legatee
n.
   a person or organization receiving a gift of an object or money under the terms of the will of a person who has died. Although technically a legatee does not receive real property (a devisee), "legatee" is often used to designate a person who takes anything pursuant (according) to the terms of a will. The best generic term is beneficiary, which avoids the old-fashioned distinctions between legatees taking legacies (personal property) and devisees taking devises (real property), terms which date from the Middle Ages.
   See also: beneficiary, devise, devisee, legacy, will

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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