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Legacy
LEGACYA disposition ofpersonal propertyby will. In a narrow technical sense, a legacy is distinguishable from a devise, a gift by will of real property. This distinction, however, will not be permitted to defeat the intent of a testator—one who makes a will—and these terms can be applied interchangeably to either personal property or real property if the context of the will demonstrates that this was the intention of the testator. A general legacy, a demonstrative legacy, and a specific legacy represent the three primary types of legacies. |
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"Legacy." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Legacy." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702624.html "Legacy." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702624.html |
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legacy bequest by will of personal property , similar in many respects to a gift causa mortis. A legacy ordinarily is distinguished from a devise, which transfers real property by will. The person who receives a legacy is called a legatee. Legacies are of various types. A specific legacy bequeaths a designated object, e.g., a named painting. A general legacy is a sum of money to be paid out of any assets of the estate. The residuary legacy is all of the deceased's personal property otherwise undistributed. |
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"legacy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "legacy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-legacy.html "legacy." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-legacy.html |
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leg·a·cy / ˈlegəsē/ • n. (pl. -cies) an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. ∎ a thing handed down by a predecessor: the legacy of centuries of neglect. • adj. Comput. denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use. |
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"legacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "legacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-legacy.html "legacy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-legacy.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "legacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "legacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-legacy.html T. F. HOAD. "legacy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-legacy.html |
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legacy •radiancy
•immediacy, intermediacy
•expediency • idiocy • saliency
•resiliency • leniency
•incipiency, recipiency
•recreancy • pruriency • deviancy
•subserviency • transiency • pliancy
•buoyancy, flamboyancy
•fluency, truancy
•constituency • abbacy • embassy
•celibacy • absorbency
•incumbency, recumbency
•ascendancy, intendancy, interdependency, pendency, resplendency, superintendency, tendency, transcendency
•candidacy
•presidency, residency
•despondency • redundancy • infancy
•sycophancy • argosy • legacy
•profligacy • surrogacy
•extravagancy • plangency • agency
•regency
•astringency, contingency, stringency
•intransigency • exigency • cogency
•pungency
•convergency, emergency, insurgency, urgency
•vacancy • piquancy • fricassee
•mendicancy • efficacy • prolificacy
•insignificancy • delicacy • intricacy
•advocacy • fallacy • galaxy
•jealousy, prelacy
•repellency • valency • Wallasey
•articulacy • corpulency • inviolacy
•excellency • equivalency • pharmacy
•supremacy • clemency • Christmassy
•illegitimacy, legitimacy
•intimacy • ultimacy • primacy
•dormancy • diplomacy • contumacy
•stagnancy
•lieutenancy, subtenancy, tenancy
•pregnancy
•benignancy, malignancy
•effeminacy • prominency
•obstinacy • pertinency • lunacy
•immanency
•impermanency, permanency
•rampancy • papacy • flippancy
•occupancy
•archiepiscopacy, episcopacy
•transparency • leprosy • inerrancy
•flagrancy, fragrancy, vagrancy
•conspiracy • idiosyncrasy
•minstrelsy • magistracy • piracy
•vibrancy
•adhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, plutocracy, technocracy, theocracy
•accuracy • obduracy • currency
•curacy, pleurisy
•confederacy • numeracy
•degeneracy • itinerancy • inveteracy
•illiteracy, literacy
•innocency • trenchancy • deficiency
•fantasy, phantasy
•intestacy • ecstasy • expectancy
•latency • chieftaincy • intermittency
•consistency, insistency, persistency
•instancy • militancy • impenitency
•precipitancy • competency
•hesitancy • apostasy • constancy
•accountancy • adjutancy
•consultancy, exultancy
•impotency • discourtesy
•inadvertency • privacy
•irrelevancy, relevancy
•solvency • frequency • delinquency
•adequacy • poignancy
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"legacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "legacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-legacy.html "legacy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-legacy.html |
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