About The Word Legacy
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Legacy
Legacy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Legacy?
[n] (law) a gift of personal property by will
Synonyms | Synonyms for Legacy: bequest Related Terms | Find terms related to Legacy: attested copy | bequeathal | bequest | birthright | borough-English | by-product | codicil | coheirship | consequence | consequent | coparcenary | corollary | derivation | derivative | development | devise | distillate | effect | entail | event | eventuality | eventuation | fruit | gavelkind | harvest | heirloom | heirship | hereditament | heritable | heritage | heritance | incorporeal hereditament | inheritance | issue | law of succession | line of succession | logical outcome | mode of succession | offshoot | offspring | outcome | outgrowth | patrimony | postremogeniture | precipitate | primogeniture | probate | product | result | resultant | reversion | sequel | sequela | sequence | sequent | succession | testament | ultimogeniture | upshot | will See Also | gift | heritage | inheritance Legacy In Webster's Dictionary \Leg"a*cy\ (l[e^]g"[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Legacies}
(-s[i^]z). [L. (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from legare to
appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf.
OF. legat legacy. See {Legate}.]
1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal
property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor
or disease.
2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a
commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last
legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the
world. --Tyndale.
He came and told his legacy. --Chapman.
{Legacy duty}, a tax paid to government on legacies.
--Wharton.
{Legacy hunter}, one who flatters and courts any one for the
sake of a legacy.
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