2024年4月22日 · The definition of a beneficiary is quite broad, which means it includes both legatees and devisees. Who is a 'universal legatee'? A “universal legatee" is a term used only …

— Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Since at least World War I, some legatees of Ivy League privilege have deployed their advantages to oppose injustices and …

If a deceased person created a trust in his will, the trust beneficiaries aren't legatees even though they're inheriting through the trust. The legatee is the trust itself. The deceased person's heirs …

Traditionally, "legatees" took personal property under will and "devisees" took land under will. Brooker v. Brooker (Tex. Civ.App., 76 S.W.2d 180, 183) asserts that "devisee" may refer to …

2023年2月7日 · The definition of a beneficiary is pretty extensive, meaning it comprises of both devisees and legatees. Who is a ‘universal legatee’? A “universal legatee” is a term only used …

2023年5月24日 · The main difference is that legatees refer to those receiving personal property, and devisees refer to those receiving real estate. In modern usage, the terms are often used …

2017年7月8日 · The term legatee refers to any person or entity that receives an inheritance from a will. This would include anyone from long, lost relatives, to a charitable foundation — …

The best generic term is beneficiary, which avoids the old-fashioned distinctions between legatees taking legacies (personal property) and devisees taking devises (real property), terms which …

The effort to define the possibilities of knowledge, given the ineradicability of standpoints, brought a few legatees of the classical tradition to reconstruct objectivity without a metaphysical ground.

2024年3月11日 · While beneficiaries encompass a broad category of individuals or entities that may receive assets or benefits upon the death of another, legatees are confined to the realm …