Legatee: alternatives and connections

A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to…

To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a per…

To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with indepe…

(law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which…

Capable of being bequeathed.

The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.

Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's;…

A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…

A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Go…

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.