Recipient

Recipience

The quality or state of being recipient a receiving reception receptiveness...

Recipient, means a person into whom any human organ is, or is proposed to be, transplanted. [Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (42 of 1994), s. 2(m)]...

ademption [Latin ademptio, from adimere to take away, from ad to + emere to buy, obtain] 1 : the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the disposal (as by sale) of the property by the maker of the will before he or she dies 2 : the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the maker's gift before his or her death of the same or similar property to the recipient named in the will compare advancement NOTE: Only gifts that are characterized as specific devises, bequests, or legacies are subject to ademption. ...

advancement

advancement : something given in advance ;specif : money or property given as a gift by a living person (as by a parent to a child) with the intention that the amount the recipient inherits under the law from the person's estate will be reduced proportionately compare ademption NOTE: Advancements apply only when the person making the gift dies without a will. The Uniform Probate Code requires written evidence that the gift was intended to be an advancement. A person who gives a gift that is not intended as an advancement cannot later change it to an advancement. A gift given as an advancement can, however, be changed into an outright gift. ...

appropriate

appropriate -at·ed -at·ing [Late Latin appropriare to take possession of, from ad to, for + proprius one's own] 1 : to set apart for or assign to a particular recipient, purpose, or use [the legislature appropriating funds for the program] 2 : to take or make use of without authority or right ap·pro·pri·a·tion [ə-prō-prē-ā-shən] n ...

confidential communication

confidential communication : a communication between parties to a confidential relation (as husband and wife, attorney and client, or doctor and patient) such that the recipient of the communication has a privilege exempting him or her from disclosing it as a witness called also privileged communication ...

ingratitude

ingratitude : forgetfulness of or lack of appreciation for kindness or esp. a gift received NOTE: Under the civil law of Louisiana, a gift may be revoked on the ground of ingratitude if the recipient of the gift tries to kill the person who gave the gift, is guilty of cruelly mistreating or injuring the giver, or refuses the giver food when it is needed. ...

lapse

lapse : a termination or failure due to events, neglect, or time: as a : the failure of a bequest (as because the intended recipient dies before the testator) compare anti-lapse statute b : the termination of an insurance policy because of nonpayment of premiums or nonrenewal vb lapsed laps·ing vi : to terminate, become ineffective, or fail [the bequest lapsed when the son died before the father] [allowed the insurance policy to ] vt : to cause (as a policy) to lapse [the company lapsed the policy] ...

natural object

natural object : a person likely to be the recipient of some thing or action ;esp : a person who is close to or related to a person dying whether testate or intestate, who would reasonably be expected to receive a share of the estate, and who may be so recognized in the absence of a will or in a will contest usually used in the phrase natural object of one's bounty [widows and children, who, as the natural objects of a testator's bounty, were…residuary legatees "Lomon v. Citizens Nat'l. Bank & Trust of Muskogee, 689 P.2d 306 (1984)"] ...

nominee

nominee 1 : a person named as the recipient of a grant, conveyance, or annuity 2 : a person named or proposed for an office, duty, or position: as a : a person named to act as another's agent or representative b : a candidate selected to represent a party in an election 3 : a person in whose name a stock or registered bond certificate is registered but who is not the actual owner ...

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