legatee
Will's designated recipient
A legatee is a person who receives property or money through a will.
The term is primarily legal, distinguishing someone who inherits a specific bequest from an heir who inherits under general succession laws: The painting was left to his niece, making her the legatee of his most valuable possession.
Designated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- recipientOne who receives something
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
successor · assignee · cestui que trust · donee · transferee
Will validation proceedings
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- codicilWill modification document
- executorAppointed estate manager
testator · intestate · estate · bequest · devise · trust · attestation · administration
Gift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bestowalAct of granting something
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
patrimony · inheritance · heirloom · devise
Unassailable next in line
- next of kinNearest living family members
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- heirshipSuccessor's legal standing
- inheritance rightsHeir's legal estate entitlements
entitlement · bloodline · lineage · descendant · intestacy · heir-at-law · hereditary · succession planning
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- recipientOne who receives something
grantee · successor · assignee · cestui que trust · donee · transferee
probate
Will validation proceedings
executor · testator · intestate · estate · bequest · devise · trust · attestation · administration · letters testamentary
bequest
Gift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bestowalAct of granting something
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
donation · patrimony · inheritance · heirloom · devise
heir apparent
Unassailable next in line
- next of kinNearest living family members
- primogenitureEldest inherits all
- heirshipSuccessor's legal standing
inheritance rights · entitlement · bloodline · lineage · descendant · intestacy · heir-at-law · hereditary · succession planning · birthright
- successorsheir apparent, heir presumptive, next in line, crown prince, crown princess
- beneficiariesbeneficiary, sole heir, devisee, annuitant
- heirsheir apparent, heir presumptive, heiress, heirs, inheritor
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- legal partiesassignee, assignor, creditor, debtor, beneficiary
- recipientsrecipient, beneficiary, payee, grantee, addressee
legateetestator
One who makes bequests
donor · grantor · giver · bequeather · benefactor
legateeexecutor
Appointed estate manager
executrix · administrator · personal representative · trustee · fiduciary