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Meaning of "legatee" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGATEE

legatee  [ˌlɛɡəˈtiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGATEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legatee is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGATEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

legatee

Legatee

A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGATEE


amputee
ˌæmpjʊˈtiː
ballotee
ˌbæləˈtiː
BLT
ˌbiːɛlˈtiː
communicatee
kəˌmjuːnɪkəˈtiː
CTT
ˌsiːtiːˈtiː
dedicatee
ˌdɛdɪkəˈtiː
delegatee
ˌdɛlɪɡəˈtiː
devotee
ˌdɛvəˈtiː
DT
ˌdiːˈtiː
EET
ˌiːiːˈtiː
guarantee
ˌɡærənˈtiː
hiccatee
ˌhɪkəˈtiː
hypnotee
ˌhɪpnəˈtiː
interrogatee
ˌɪntəˌrɒɡəˈtiː
LGBT
ˈɛlˈdʒiːˈbiːˈtiː
LMT
ˌɛlɛmˈtiː
manatee
ˈmænəˌtiː, ˌmænəˈtiː
moti
məʊˈtiː
picotee
ˌpɪkəˈtiː
shiviti
ʃəvəˈtiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGATEE

legalist
legalistic
legalistically
legalities
legality
legalization
legalize
legalizer
legally
Legaspi
legatary
legate
legateship
legatine
legation
legationary
legatissimo
legato
legator
legatorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGATEE

absentee
arrestee
coatee
committee
disciplinary committee
draftee
executive committee
goatee
Internal Security Committee
management committee
neckatee
relocatee
Santee
senate committee
sole legatee
standing committee
steering committee
subcommittee
tee
trustee

Synonyms and antonyms of legatee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGATEE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legatee» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legatee

Translation of «legatee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGATEE

Find out the translation of legatee to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legatee from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legatee» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

受遗赠人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legatario
570 millions of speakers

English

legatee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वसीयत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموصى له
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наследник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legatário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরাধিকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

légataire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Legatee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vermächtnisnehmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遺産受取人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유산 수취인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legatee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người thừa tự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரம்பரைச் சொத்தை அடைபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारसा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miras kalan mimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legatario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapisobiercy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спадкоємець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legatar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κληροδόχος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

erfgenaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

legatarie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legatee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legatee

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGATEE»

The term «legatee» is regularly used and occupies the 94.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGATEE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «legatee» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «legatee» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legatee

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGATEE»

Discover the use of legatee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legatee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chief Legatee
Anna Katharine Green. “6,.” 5 n7 w '0“ .1 r .3 m K 1:1 !H W 5m cm? ' Anna 1 The Chief Legatee By Anna Katharien Green Start Publishing LLC. Front Cover.
Anna Katharine Green, 2013
2
A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators
fixed as to be transmissible to the executor or administrator of the legatee, though he die *'before the time ar- [ *869 ] rives for the payment of the money; and on the other hand, it what cases the legacy will lapse by the death of the legatee.
Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Francis Joseph Troubat, 1841
3
The Residuary Legatee; Or, the Posthumous Jest of the Late ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frederic Jesup Stimson, 2010
4
The Legatee
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Alice Prescott Smith, 2008
5
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts ...
S. Hayes the younger is a legatee for life only. It is clearly settled, that where an executor takes an interest in a leasehold estate for his life, he must do something more than enter, in ordf r to give assent to his legacy ; but where his interest is ...
‎1855
6
Law Times, the Journal and Record of the Law and Lawyers
Trustees had a power of advancing part of a contingent share of the benefit of a legatee. The trustees sold out 1,000/., and advanced the funds partly according to the power, and partly to the legatee personalty. With a view to indemnity the ...
‎1831
7
The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports ...
In one of them, the produce of an estate when sold, and in the other a sum of money, was given to be laid out in annuities for the benefit of a particular person, who, therefore, had an absolute right to the money, which the legatee could not be ...
‎1830
8
Equity and Trusts
The legatee was dead, but her estate would have been liable for the duty if the legatee had been holding a proprietary interest in Queensland property at the time of her death. The estate (which the legatee was due to inherit from) included  ...
Taylor & Francis Group, Kirsten Edwards, 2000
9
Virginia Colonial Decisions
when a Legacy is given at a time which may not happen, as when he shall Marry, or when he shall attain to such an age, if the Legatee dies before that time his Ex' ors. shall have no benefit of the Legacy. But if a Legacy be given absolutely ...
Virginia. General Court, Sir John Randolph, Edward Barradall, 2005
10
A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Short ...
But where creditors take a particular subject to the exclusion of a special legatee, they must assign their debts to him. A special legacy has the effect of an assignation mortis causa to the particular thing, the right to which is completed by the ...
William Bell, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGATEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legatee is used in the context of the following news items.
1
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Others like dancing sensation Jayshree T - who Helen once called her legatee on record - too agree that the skin-coloured fabric was what ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
2
Heart of the Home: How to avoid trouble with your house after you die
... deceased to either whomever is named under a will as a beneficiary, heir or legatee or, if there is no will, to the heirs at law of the decedent. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Richard Heller: How Labour's big beasts became extinct species
The present four have risen without trace: two unremembered ex-ministers, two with no record in government at all, one of those the legatee of ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
4
Out and about at Narooma this week | PHOTOS
... John Gellibrand, chairman of Narooma Legacy Group; Gail Whelan, Bermagui Legatee and David Webster, licensee manager of Bermagui ... «Narooma News, Jul 15»
5
ONGC, foreign partners lose tax appeal
The ex-judge argued that the nominee was only a custodian of the funds and they should be paid to the legatee. Accepting his contention and ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
6
Real Life | How we disinherit our loved ones
Or, an inter-rorum, penalizing any disgruntled legatee who harasses the estate by bringing legal actions against it estate for any reason except ... «Myrtle Beach Sun News, Jun 15»
7
Why has Labour forgotten its past?
Many saw it as the culmination of an evolutionary process, with Labour the legatee of a political tradition beginning with Magna Carta. «New Statesman, Jun 15»
8
The father, son and an unholy split within the Chettinad Group
As games of thrones go, there couldn't have been a better mise-en-scène than an ageing patriarch, a legatee of the title of “Rajah” conferred on ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
9
Slone v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Id. Under federal law, a "transferee" is defined as including a "donee, heir, legatee, devisee, [or] distributee." 26 U.S.C. § 6901(h). Treasury ... «The Recorder, Jun 15»
10
Concessions to Russia risk continent's security
As he rightly argues, Vladimir Putin is the legatee of an imperial and autocratic tradition with deep antecedents. Yet he is not simply a legatee. «Financial Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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