Bequeath
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Bequeath [fr. becw'than fr. cw'than, A.S., to say], to leave by will to another. The word is properly applied to personalty only, but in a will avails to transmit real property, as well as the word 'devise,' which is the proper word; and vice versa.
Means to speak to, address, leave by will to give by will, used specially of personal property but sometimes of real property, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., p. 49.
Means to speak to, address, leave by will to give by will, used specially of personal property but sometimes of real property, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., p. 49.
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