Legatee
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The person to whom a legacy is given. See "Legacy."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The person to whom a legacy is given. The court will apply the popular rather than the technical meaning to the term “legatee” in a will, and read it as if It were “distributee,” when, after looking^ at all the circumstances, and all the clauses of the will, the alternative is between this disposition and a total failure of the dispository scheme for want of certainty, and that seems to have been the testator’s meaning; Lallerstedt V. Jennings, 23 Ga. 571. See Lboaot.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The person to whom a legacy is given. See Legacy.
— Residuary legatee. The person to whom a testator bequeaths the residue of his personal estate, after the payment of such other legacies as are specifically mentioned in the will. Probate Court v. Matthews, 6 Vt. 274; Laing v. Barbour, 119 Mass. 525; Lafferty v. People's Sav. Bank, 76 Mich. 35, 43 N. W. 34.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The peraon to whom a legacy is given. '
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Legacy.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A person to whom personal property is given by will; the retation, a donee of personal or movable estate; but it may be construed to mean a donee of real estate, whenever a testator has plainly used it in that sense. Den v. Crawford, 8 N. J. L. 90, 111; Tucker v. Tucker, 5 Ired. Eg. 84. The courts will apply the popular, rather than the technical, meaning to the term " legatee " in a will, and read it as "distributee," when, aft-er looking at all the circumstances, and all the clauses of the will, this seems to have been the testator's meaning; and the alternative is between this disposition and a total failure of the dispository scheme, for want of certainty. Lallerstedt v. Jennings, 23 Ga. 571.