Legatee definition

Legatee means a person entitled to personal property under a will;
Legatee means any person taking under a testamentary disposition or donation mortis causa or on an intestacy; and
Legatee means someone to whom the proceeds of an estate are to be distributed.

Examples of Legatee in a sentence

  • Similarly, a Legatee or volunteer found to be in breach of the requirements of this policy may be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with ML’s Legatee Code of Conduct.

  • Legatee named as executor cannot take unless he shows intention to act as executorIf a gift is bequeathed to a person who is named an executor of the will for his own benefit, and is not given independently of the office of executor, there shall be a presumption that he is not intended to take the gift unless he proves the will or otherwise unequivocally manifests an intention to act as executor.Vesting and Divesting of Gifts54.

  • Legatee bound by legal conditionsWhere a legatee has taken a gift subject to a valid condition, he shall be estopped by his act of taking the gift from subsequently insisting on rights which, by the terms of the conditions, he is bound to release, or from declining a duty which he is required by the condition to perform.49.

  • Legatee: A person who receives property under the terms of a will.

  • All other dispositions are referred to as singular title and those receiving such property are known as a Legatee.


More Definitions of Legatee

Legatee s new croft” means the new croft, formed by division under section 9, which corresponds to the part of the original croft bequeathed to the legatee (“division”, “new croft” and “original croft” being construed in accordance with section 9(6));
Legatee means a person to whom any proceeds of an estate of a deceased person are to be distributed.
Legatee means, in relation to a deceased person, a person taking any property or interest in property, whether beneficially or not, under a will or other testamentary disposition of the deceased person or on his intestacy.
Legatee means any person designated to receive a transfer by will of personal property.
Legatee means a person entitled to personal prop­ erty under a will.
Legatee means a person who has been inducted as a Member of a Legacy Club or Legacy Foundation and whose membership is still current;
Legatee means a member of Legacy, noting the title is used to distinguish these longstanding Melbourne Legacy custodians, often returned service personnel, from other Volunteers.