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legatee
[ leg-uh-tee ]
noun
- a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
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Varun sees himself as a legatee of his father, Sanjay Gandhi, not his great-grandfather Nehru.
Dividends that are declared after a grant or bequest, though earned before, go to the legatee as income.
A person to whom real estate is given is called a devisee; the receiver of personal property a legatee.
Thus, should a person mentioned as legatee die before the testator, the legacy would be invalid.
Any person may be a devisee or legatee including married women, minors and corporations.
Cesarine, the sole legatee of her lover, received an income of only six hundred livres.
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