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Universal Legacy

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In civil law. A testamentary disposition by which the testator gives to one or several persons the whole of the property which he leaves at his decease. Civ. Code La. art. 1599; Civ. Code art. 1003; Poth. Donations Testamentaires, c. 2, sec. 1, § 1.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. A testamentary disposition by which the testator gives to one or several persons the whole of the property which he leaves at his decease. La. Civ. Code, art 1606.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. A testamentary disposition by which the testator gives to one or several persons the whole of the property which he leaves at his decease. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 1606.

Defined under Legacy in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In the civil laio. A testamentary disposition to one or several persons of the whole of the property which the testator leaves at his deceasa