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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
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 ..."