Legatee synonyms

lĕg'ə-tē'

Category:

heir
Anyone who receives property of a deceased person either by will or by law
0
0
heiress
A woman who stands to inherit
0
0
inheritor
(Computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
0
0
receiver
In criminal law, a receiver is one who accepts or obtains possession of goods that are known to be stolen, and as such is in turn a violator of the law. See also liquidate and fence.
0
0
beneficiary (related)
The beneficiary is defined as the person who benefits from something such as a will or a life insurance policy.
0
0
devisee (related)
0
0
residuary (related)
0
0
Advertisement
intestate (related)
0
0
Find another word for legatee. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for legatee, like: heir, heiress, inheritor, receiver, beneficiary, devisee, residuary and intestate.
Trending topics
5 Awesome Ways to Say Thanks
Could You Pass a Basic English Grammar Test?
Cats Puns
Words With Two Spellings
More Slideshows

Legatee Sentence Examples

  • Usually he was residuary legatee.

  • Her residuary legatee was ' Jone Chambers the daughter of Roger Chambers my late sonne ' .

  • residuary legatee was ' Jone Chambers the daughter of Roger Chambers my late sonne ' .

  • The person to whom this residue or surplus is left is termed the residuary legatee; should none be mentioned in the will the residue goes to the next of kin (see Executors And Admini Strators; Legacy; Will).

  • To Bowdoin College he gave land, money and apparatus; and he made the college his residuary legatee, bequeathing to it his collection of paintings and drawings, then considered the finest in the country.

More sentences →

Words that mention legatee in the Dictionary

Words near legatee in the Thesaurus