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From: "John" <>
Subject: Re: Legal term in genealogy
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:48:49 -0500


Try "legatee," i.e.:

The person to whom a legacy in a will is given. The term may be used to
denominate those who take under will without any distinction between realty
and personalty...though commonly it refers to one who takes personal
property under a will. - Black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition.

bob doerr wrote in message <>...

>I could will him $100, making him my heir; what, specifically, does that
>make me to him, please? I seek a term more specific than benefactor or
>testator.
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>Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks
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