Definition of Bequeathing

1. Verb. (present participle of bequeath) ¹

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Definition of Bequeathing

1. bequeath [v] - See also: bequeath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bequeathing

bepuff
bepuffed
bepuffing
bepuffs
bepurple
bepurpled
bepurples
bepurpling
bepuzzle
bepuzzlement
bequeath
bequeathable
bequeathal
bequeathals
bequeathed
bequeathing (current term)
bequeathment
bequeathments
bequeaths
bequest
bequests
bequethen
bequiver
bequivered
bequivering
bequivers
bequote
bequoth
ber
berain

Literary usage of Bequeathing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"Of the bequeathing of Inheritances in general, and whom a Person may or must ... bequeathing an Inheritance defined. 2i Who, and how many Persons may be ..."

2. The Office of Surrogate, Surrogates, and Surrogates Courts, and Executors by Isaac Dayton (1861)
"The power of bequeathing is coeval with the first rudiments of the English law ; for we have no traces or memorials of any time when it did not exist(c) The ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... as to the real estate a resulting trust for the heir; which cannot be affected by an unattested codicil, bequeathing a lapsed share of the residue («). ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... the tumult of mankind," a chapel, where he passed his closing years, and finally died, bequeathing to posterity the benediction of his saintly life. ..."

5. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1881)
"Turner; (y) to which may be added Mirehouse v. Scaife, (z) where a testator, after bequeathing certain pecuniary legacies, declared his will to be, ..."

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