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 cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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…

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some…

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.

The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.

Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.

Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

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

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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…

Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.