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Legacy

Legacy Definition And Meaning
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"acy\ (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.

Legacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Legacy?

[n] (law) a gift of personal property by will

Synonyms | Synonyms for Legacy: bequest

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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