legatary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin legatarius, from legaturius (“enjoined by a last will”). Compare French légataire. See legacy.
Noun[edit]
legatary (plural legataries)
- A legatee.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
- A Legatary in Alternatives has his Choice and Election from the Law it self
References[edit]
- “legatary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.