Legatum
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat In the civil law. A legacy; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir.
Inst. 2, 20, 1.
In old English law
A legacy given to the church, or an accustomed mortuary.
Cowell.
Legatum morte testatoris tantum confirmatur, sicut donatio inter vivos traditione sola.
Dyer, 143.
A legacy is confirmed by the death of a testator, in the same manner as a gift from a living person is by delivery alone.