α. 1500s–1600s legatorie, 1500s– legatory, 1600s ligatory.
β. Scottish pre-1700 legatour, pre-1700 legatur, pre-1700 1700s legator.
γ. 1500s–1600s legatarie, 1500s– legatary, 1700s legotary.
δ. Scottish pre-1700 1700s legatar.
单词 | legatary |
释义 | legataryn.adj.α. 1500s–1600s legatorie, 1500s– legatory, 1600s ligatory. β. Scottish pre-1700 legatour, pre-1700 legatur, pre-1700 1700s legator. γ. 1500s–1600s legatarie, 1500s– legatary, 1700s legotary. δ. Scottish pre-1700 1700s legatar. A. n. A person to whom a bequest is left; a legatee. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > legatee devisee1542 legatary1561 legatee1627 1561 Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. X.viiv The mind of the testatour is to be taken fauorably, for the ayde of ye legatories [1640 ligatories] when ther ryseth suche doubtes. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aj Contributed by the legataries to the heire. 1612 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. f. 112v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Legato(u)r The said Agnes..nominatis the said Thomas..my spous my vniversall executor and legatour. 1615 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 155 But if those Goods be liable to other debts, the Legataries shall have no profit. 1679 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1858) III. 424 If any executor shall refuse or neglect to appear..upon the complaint of a legatory. 1683 in J. Gilmour & D. Falconer Coll. Decisions Lords of Council (1701) 29 Greigstoun, who..claimed right to the said bond as executor and legatar by the daughter. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 21 As when a Man makes his Debtor his universal Heir or Legatary. 1795 G. Wythe Decis. Cases Virginia 26 The Law supposes the benevolence of the testator toward the legatary to have continued. 1805 D. Call Rep. Court of Appeals Virginia 3 79 The debt is given to the executor as a legatary, unless a contrary intention appears by express words, or necessary inference. 1861 Jrnl. Jurispr. 5 602 The late Mr Alexander..executed a will in favour of his wife as executrix and universal legatary. 1922 Virginia & W. Virginia Judicial Dictionary-Digest II. 1203/1 The right of the legatary, before the testator's death, is not perfect. 1961 P. White Riders in Chariot 2002 vii. 224 So the legatary sat considering his obligations for the future. 2011 J. A. M. González Family Law Mexico iv. i. 117 Obligations of the general executor are..the partition and adjudication of the goods between the heirs and legataries. B. adj. Of or relating to a bequest; of the nature of a bequest. Also: designating a legatee. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > of or relating to a bequest legatary1665 1665 Bp. H. King Serm. 30 Mr. Hinderson..not only confessed the rare Endowments of his Royal Master, but left it as a Legatory Charge to his Countrey-men, That they should value Him as a Jewel whose worth they hitherto understood not. 1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 30 The Promissory and Legatary part thereof [sc. Gods Testament] was the second time confirmed by a solemn Oath. 1742 Jura Ecclesiastica II. 175 The Civil Law, was the Law by which Legatory Matters were to be determined. 1765 T. Cunningham New & Compl. Law-Dict. II. at Funeral charges Where a citizen of London devised 700l. for mourning, the question was, if it should come out of the whole estate, or out of the legatory part only. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 176 The testator intended to use his subsequent words of recommendation in a legatary sense. 1843 J. Iredell Rep. Supreme Court N. Carolina 2 37 The other four children had the legal estate in their legatory interest in the slaves. 1867 A. Duvall Rep. Court of Appeals Kentucky 2 297 That term, in the legatory clause we have quoted, was apparently, used in its popular sense as synonymous with the distributees or successors. 1980 C. C. Gillispie Sci. & Polity in France iii. 219 It had been handed down under all sorts of legatary conditions from father to son, uncle to nephew, master to apprentice. 2003 A. Freeman & J. I. Freeman Life J. P. Collier I. vii. 524 If these stipulations rang alarms in the minds of Lord Braybrooke or his brother, the legatory guardian of the library, we do not know; they should have done. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1561 |
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