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Legacy

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1839)

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

ACCUMULATIVE, An accumulative legacy is a second bequest given by the same testator to the same legatee, whether it be of the sare kind of thing, as money; or whether it be of different things, as, one hundred dollars, in one legacy, and a thousand dollars in another, or whether the sums are equal; or whether the legacies are of a different nature. 2 Rop. Leg. 19.