legatees
Named in wills
Legatees are people who receive property or money through a will.
The term is legal and formal, distinguishing those named in a will from heirs who inherit by law when no will exists: The estate was divided equally among three legatees.
A legatee receives a legacy—a specific bequest rather than a share of the whole estate.
Those who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
- descendantsThose who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
next of kin · relatives · issue · scions · bloodline · lineage · family · kin
Designated asset receiver
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- doneeRecipient of a transfer
- recipientOne who receives something
residuary · executor · probate · estate · will · testament · codicil · intestate
Permanent donated fund
- giftItem given freely
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- bequestGift left by will
- charityVoluntary aid for others
philanthropy · scholarship · fellowship · grant · contribution · patronage · trust fund · memorial
heirs
Those who inherit
- successorsThose who follow after
- descendantsThose who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
offspring · next of kin · relatives · issue · scions · bloodline · lineage · family · kin · clan
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- doneeRecipient of a transfer
recipient · residuary · executor · probate · estate · will · testament · codicil · intestate · testator
endowment
Permanent donated fund
charity · philanthropy · scholarship · fellowship · grant · contribution · patronage · trust fund · memorial · foundation
- heirsheir apparent, heir presumptive, heiress, heirs, inheritor
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
legateestestators
People who make wills
decedents · grantors · donors · benefactors · predecessors