Cumulative legacies
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
These are legacies so called to distinguish them from legacies which are merely repeated. In the construction of testamentary instruments, the question often arises whether, where a testator has twice bequeathed a legacy to the same person, the legatee is entitled to both, or only to one of them; in other words, whether the second legacy must be considered as a mere repetition of the first, or as cumulative, i. e., additional. In determining this question, the intention of the testator, if it appears on the face of the instrument, prevails. Wharton.
Defined under Legacy in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
These are legacies so called todistinguish them from legacies which are merely repeated. In the construction of testamentary instruments, the question often arises whether, where a testutor has twice bequeathed a legacy to the sume person, the legutee is entitled to both, or only to one of them; in other words, whether the second legacy must be considered as a mere repetition of Lhe first, or as cumulative, 7. ¢., additional. In determining this question, the intention of the testator, if it appears on the face of the instrument, prevails. Wharton.