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  • LEGARE
    Lat. In the civil and old English law. To bequeath; to leave or give by will; to give in anticipation of death. In Scotch phrase, to legate.
  • LEGATARIUS
    Lat. In the civil law. One to whom a thing is bequeathed; a legatee or legatary. Inst 2, 20, 2, 4, 5, 10; Bract fol. 40. In old European law. A legate, messenger, or envoy. Spelman.
  • LEGATEE
    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; Lain* v. Barbour, 119 More...
  • LEGATES
    Nuncios, deputies, or extraordinary ambassadors sent by the pope to.be bis representatives and to exercise his jurisdiction in countries where the Roman Catholic Church is established by law.
  • LEGATION
    An embassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite; the persons commissioned by one government to exercise diplomatic functions at the court of another, including the minister, secretaries, attache's, interpreters, etc., are collectively styled the "legation" of their government. The word also denotes the official residence of a foreign minister.
  • LEGATOR
    One who makes a will, and leaves legacies.
  • LEGATORY
    The third part of a freeman's personal estate, which by the custom of London, in case he had a wife and children, the freeman might always have disposed of by will. Bac. Abr. "Customs of London," D. 4. Legato* violare contra jns gentium est. 4 Coke, pref. It is contrary More...
  • LEGATUM
    Lat In the civil law. A legacy; a gift left by a deceased person, to be executed by the heir. Inst. 2, 20, 1. In old English law. A legacy given to the church, or an accustomed mortuary. Cowell. Logatnm morte tostatoris tan turn eon-nrmatur, siont donatio inter viros tra-ditione More...
  • LEGATUM OPTIONIS
    In Roman law. A legacy to A. B. of any article or articles that A. B. liked to choose or select out of the testator's estate. If A. B. died after the testator, but before making the choice or selection, his representative (hares) could not, prior to Justinian, make the More...
  • LEGEM
    Lat. Accusative of lex, law. Occurring in various legal phrases, as follows: -Legem amittere. To lose one's law; that is, to lose one's privilege of being admitted to take an oath.-Legem facere. In old English law. To make law or oath.-Legem ferre. In Roman law. To propose a law to More...
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