Legatee - Law Dictionary Search Results

instituted legatee

instituted legatee : instituted heir at heir

residuary legatee : one designated to receive the residue of an estate

A joint legatee

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Legatee, one who has a legacy left to him.

Residuary legatee, the person to whom the surplus of the personal estate,

legatee : one to whom a legacy is bequeathed compare devisee,

intended to mean more than one gift, awards to the legatee all the legacies. If, however, they are not given simpliciter,

the will.' The effect of this is that if a legatee die before the testator, the representatives of the legatee take

operation of law see also intestacy, unworthy compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor apparent heir : heir apparent in

has twice bequeathed a legacy to the same person, the legatee is entitled to both, or only one of them; in

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