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Webster 1913 Edition

Legatary

Leg′a-ta-ry

(lĕg′ȧ-tā̍-ry̆)

,

Noun.

[L.

legatarius

, fr.

legaturius

enjoined by a last will: cf. F.

légataire

. See

.]

A legatee.

[R.]

Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Legatary

LEG'ATARY

,

Noun.

[L. legatarius, from lego, to bequeath.]

A legatee; one to whom a legacy is bequeathed.

[But legatee is generally used.]