Definition of Legatary

1. n. A legatee.

Definition of Legatary

1. Noun. A legatee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Legatary

1. legatee [n LEGATARIES] - See also: legatee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legatary

legality
legalizable
legalization
legalizations
legalize
legalized
legalizer
legalizers
legalizes
legalizing
legally
legally binding
legalness
legals
legataries
legatary (current term)
legate
legated
legatee
legatees
legates
legateship
legateships
legatine
legating
legation
legations
legato
legator
legators

Literary usage of Legatary

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

1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"... this mistake shall not make the legacy void ; for the legatary may have the horse by the last denomination ; for the testator's meaning was certain, ..."

2. Treatise on Deeds Chiefly Affecting Moveables by Alexander Duff (1840)
"In the report of the case of Koss there is much information as to bonds of this nature. 60. legatary OR LEGATEE 1. Must be certain—(1. ..."

3. A Treatise of Testaments and Last Willsby Henry Swinburne, Sarah Jennings Churchill Marlborough by Henry Swinburne, Sarah Jennings Churchill Marlborough (1793)
"Defert of the legatary u. For where Defert went before, the n»on 147- Ripa in Legacy is not ... 1_ т If (6) the legatary being appointed Tutor in the ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"... and may be recovered in this manner, that is to say, if the testator do make the legatary executor of that particular debt or thing in action bequeathed ..."

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