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Bequeath

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

A gift of personal property by will.

Bequest.

A gift of personalty by will; the clause in the instrument making the gift; the thing itself so given. When the context requires it " bequeath " will be construed "devise" — which is o£ realty.* See Detise; Leqact; Will, a.