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Etymology
From Latin legatarius, from legaturius (“enjoined by a last will”). Compare French légataire. See legacy.
Noun
legatary (plural legataries)
- A legatee.
1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. , London: D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe , →OCLC:A Legatary in Alternatives has his Choice and Election from the Law it self
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