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legatee

/leg-uh-tee/US // ˌlɛg əˈti //UK // (ˌlɛɡəˈtiː) //

受遗赠人,受托人,受遗赠者,受赠人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

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Examples

  • Varun sees himself as a legatee of his father, Sanjay Gandhi, not his great-grandfather Nehru.

  • Dividends that are declared after a grant or bequest, though earned before, go to the legatee as income.

  • A person to whom real estate is given is called a devisee; the receiver of personal property a legatee.

  • Thus, should a person mentioned as legatee die before the testator, the legacy would be invalid.

  • Any person may be a devisee or legatee including married women, minors and corporations.

  • Cesarine, the sole legatee of her lover, received an income of only six hundred livres.