Legacy in Europe
Definition of Legacy
A gift of personal property by will. The person to whom the property is given is called the legatee, and the gift or property is called a bequest. The legatee’s title to the legacy is not complete until the executor has assented to it
(1) A specific legacy is a bequest of a specific part of the testator’s personal estate
(2) A demonstrative legacy is a gift of a certain sum directed to be paid out of a specific fund
(3) A general legacy is one payable only out of the general assets of the testator. See Abatement of Legacies
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Definition of Legacy is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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