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Residuary legatee

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(Law) the person to whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.

See also: Residuary


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"I have given a judgment for the residuary legatee under the will," said the Court, "put the costs upon the contestants, decided all questions relating to fees and other charges; and, in short, the estate in litigation has been settled, with all controversies, disputes, misunderstandings, and differences of opinion thereunto appertaining.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
All the rest he died possessed of, he bequeathed to Peggotty; whom he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
It can't be denied that undeserving people have been legatees, and even residuary legatees.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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