"Legacies" is a word in ENGLISH

To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

To take away, recall, or revoke. To satisfy a legacy by some gift or substituted disposition, made by the testator, …

Lat In the civil law. A revocation of a legacy; an ademption. Inst 2, 21, pr. where it was expressly …

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.

The revocation, recalling, or cancellation of a legacy, according to the apparent intention of the testator, implied by the law …

In Scotch law. To approve and reject; to take advantage of one part, and reject the rest Bell. Equity suffers …

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because …

In probate law. Property of a decedent available for the payment of debts and legacies; the estate coming to the …

That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.

To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.

A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice

In Roman law. The rule which is commonly expressed ln the maxim, Quod ab initio non valet tractu temporis non …

A co-legatee; a per-son who has a legacy left to him ln common with other persons

Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.

of legacies and trusts. The name of a tltle of the Pandects. Dig. 30.

A demonstrative legacy is a bequest of a certain sum of money; intended for the legatee at all events, with …

The purpose to which it is intended an article or a fund shall be applied. A testator gives a destination …

Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, in …

L. Fr. In Its mother's womb. A term descriptive of an unborn child. For some purposee the law regards an …