legacy

  • 11legacy — A disposition of personalty by will. A bequest. In a technical sense and strictly construed, legacy is a gift or bequest by will of personal property, whereas a devise is a testamentary disposition of real estate, but such distinction will not be …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12legacy — A disposition of personalty by will. A bequest. In a technical sense and strictly construed, legacy is a gift or bequest by will of personal property, whereas a devise is a testamentary disposition of real estate, but such distinction will not be …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13Legacy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Legacy signifie « héritage » en anglais. Ce terme est fréquemment utilisé en technologie de l information, pour faire référence aux systèmes… …

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  • 14legacy — ▪ I. legacy leg‧a‧cy 1 [ˈlegəsi] noun legacies PLURALFORM [countable] 1. a situation that exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time: • Hotels are in oversupply, a legacy of the last building boom. 2 …

    Financial and business terms

  • 15legacy — noun 1 money/property VERB + LEGACY ▪ bequeath (sb), leave (sb) ▪ get, receive ▪ He received a large legacy from his uncle. PREPOSITION ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 16legacy — /leg euh see/, n., pl. legacies. 1. Law. a gift of property, esp. personal property, as money, by will; a bequest. 2. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: the legacy of ancient Rome. 3. an applicant to or… …

    Universalium

  • 17legacy — n. 1) to hand down a legacy 2) a lasting legacy 3) a legacy to * * * [ legəsɪ] a lasting legacy a legacy to legacy to hand down a legacy …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18legacy */*/ — UK [ˈleɡəsɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms legacy : singular legacy plural legacies 1) money or property that you arrange for someone to have after you die My grandmother died and left me a small legacy. 2) a) something such as a tradition or… …

    English dictionary

  • 19legacy — leg|a|cy [ˈlegəsi] n plural legacies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: legacie position of a legate , from Latin legatus; LEGATE] 1.) something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time legacy of ▪ The… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20legacy — [[t]le̱gəsi[/t]] legacies 1) N COUNT A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. You could make a real difference to someone s life by leaving them a generous legacy. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n, n N A legacy of …

    English dictionary