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How to pronounce legatee in English?

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Type Words
Type of beneficiary, donee

Examples of legatee

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In that race, virtually all the elders got in line behind Mondale, the party's legatee.
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Perot later gave Walker an autographed copy of one of those charts, as a tribute to a legatee.
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When a legatee lives in a third country it is harder still.
From the economist.com
Ted Kennedy is considerably more than a legatee.
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The 43 volumes found in Williams's flat on the day he died now belong to his friend and legatee Paul Richardson.
From the guardian.co.uk
A final problem was to whom they should bequeath the closed airport, though the choice of legatee was not theirs.
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As the residual legatee under his will, the Corporation received an additional $10 million when the estate was settled.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mr. Grant and Michael Somes, another legatee, assumed that they could take control of how the ballets were danced and who danced them.
From the nytimes.com
Usually, he was residuary legatee.
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More examples
  • Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
  • A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate.
  • One who receives a legacy
  • (Legatees) A legatee is someone who receives assets from the estate of a deceased person, whether under the terms of the will, or under the intestacy rules. ...
  • A person to whom personal property is given by will.
  • Also known as a beneficiary. Person named in a will to receive property.
  • A person who inherits money or property through a will.
  • This is the person receiving a legacy or gift in a will.
  • A person (usually named) who is entitled to benefit from a legacy.