Bequest

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Definitions from Case Law

From 268 U.S. 161 - Irwin v. Gavit · 1925Most cited · 662 citing opinions

the provision of the act that exempts bequests assumes the gift of a corpus and contrasts it with the income arising from it, but was not intended to exempt income property socalled simply because of a severance between it and the principal fund

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A gift by will of personal property. It is synonymous with "legacy" (g. V.)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A disposition by will of chattels.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A gift by will of personal property. See Legacy. BERTILL0N SYSTEM. See Anthropometry.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A gift by wlll of personui property; a legacy. A specific bequest is one whereby the testator gives to the legatee all his property of a certain class or kind; as all his pure personalty. A residuary bequest is a gift of all the remainder of the testator's personal estate, after payment of debts and legacies, etc. An executory bequest is the bequest of a future, deferred, or centingent interest in personalty. ' A conditional bequest is one the taking effect or continuing of which depends upon the happening or non-occurrence of a particular event. Mitchell v. Mitchell, 148 Ind. 113, 42 N. E. 465; Farnam v. Famam, 53 Conn. 261, 2 Atl. 325, 5 Atl. 682; Merrill v. Co.llege, 74 Wis. 415, 43 N. W. 104.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A gift of personal acy; Devise.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A gift by will of personal property; a legacy. A specific bequest is one whereby the testator gives to the legatee all his property of a certain class or kind; as all his pure personalty. A residuary bequest is a gift of all the remainder of the testator's personal estate, after payment of debts and legacies, etc. An executory bequest is the bequest of a future, deferred, or contingent interest in personalty.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

^A gift of personal property by will; a gift of a legacy. See Legacy ^ Devise.