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  • LEGALLY
    Lawfully; according to law.
  • LEGANTINE CONSTITUTIONS
    The name of a code of ecclesiastical laws, enacted in national synods, held under legates from Pope Gregory IX. and Clement IV., in the reign of Henry III., about the years 1220 and 1268. 1 BL Comm. 83.
  • 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...
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