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Home Dictionary Name: legatumFalsa demonstratione legatum non perimitur
Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimitur [Lat.], a legacy will not fail from a false description....
Legatum
Legatum, legacy given to the church or an accustomed mortuary....
Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, pr'nomine legatarii testator erraverit, cum de persona constat, nihilominus valet legatum
Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, pr'nomine legatarii testator erraverit, cum de persona constat, nihilominus valet legatum. Justinian's Institutes, 1. 2, t. 20, s. 29.-(Although a testator may have mistaken the nomen, cognomen, or pr'nomen of a legatee, yet if it be certain who is the person meant, the legacy is valid.)...
Legacy
Legacy [fr. legatum, Lat.]. A legacy is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the mere bounty of the testator, it is postponed to the claims of creditors. There are four kinds of legacies:-(1) General, when it does not amount to a bequest of any particular thing or money, as distinguished from all others of the same kind; as if a testator give A. 50l. or a diamond ring, not referring to any particular diamond ring as distinguished from others. (2) Specific, when it is a bequest of a particular thing, or sum of money, or debt, as distinguished from all others of the same kind, as if a testator give B. 'my diamond ring.' (3) Demonstrative, when it is in its nature a general legacy, but there is a particular fund pointed out to satisfy it, as if a testator bequeath 1,000l. out of his Reduced Bank Three per Cents. And (4) Cumulative, or substitutional, when a testator by the same testamentary instrument, or by different testamentary instruments, has bequeathed more tha...
Legatary
Legatary [fr. legatum, Lat.], a legatee....
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