1681 J. Dalrymple ii. xxx. 169 The greatest power of Defuncts, either by Testament, or otherwayes, is the power of legating by particular or universal Legacies.
1880 J. Muirhead Digest 528 There were four forms of legating,—vindication, damnation, permission.., and preception.
1988 A. Watson iv. 92 The provision talks of legating, not of appointing an heir.