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Learn Hardcore Latin: legatum - the legacy; testamentary gift

Hardcore Latin
/Administering an inheritance
/legatum

legatum

Word

legatum

Meaning

the legacy; testamentary gift

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Administering an inheritance

Usages of legatum

Legatum partem hereditatis legatario dat.

The legacy gives part of the inheritance to the legatee.

Codicilli legatum novum continent.

The codicil contains a new legacy.

Testator non modo tacet, sed ne legatum quidem dat.

The testator not only remains silent, but does not even give a legacy.

Sive legatum sive fideicommissum scribitur, signator tabulas obsignat.

Whether a legacy or an entrusted request is written, the signatory seals the tablets.

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