Legatee - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

The literal meaning of a legatee is one who receives a�legacy. Specifically, in the law of�wills�and�property, a legatee is an individual who receives a portion of a�testator�s�estate, or rather the individual receives a�legacy, which is�personal property�from a�will. Although this term legatee is generally used to refer to individuals who�inherit�from a�will�regardless of whether it was�real property�or�personal property, an individual who�inherits�real property�from a�will�is known as a devisee.

Additionally, an organization can be a legatee if the organization is�inheriting�personal property�from a�will. The closest modern word equivalent to a legatee would be a�beneficiary. The term�beneficiary�is sometimes used instead of legatee since it avoids the distinctions of legatees receiving�personal property�and�devisees�receiving�real property.