Specific Legacy

A bequest of a particular thing, so described that it may be identified. The description may be such as to distinguish a particular article among several of the class owned by testator, or it may embrace all the property of a class owned by him. Thus, a legacy of "one set of blacksmith's tools" is general (8 N. Y. 520); but a legacy of "the diamond ring presented to me by A.," or of "all the personal property on the farm or in the house at the time of my death" (30 Hun [N. Y.] 531), is specific.