Legal Term: BEQUEST

Definition: A gift by last will or testament, a legacy. (q. v.) This word is sometimes, though improperly used, as synonymous with devise. There is, however, a distinction between them. A bequest is applied, more properly, to a gift by will of a legacy, that is, of personal property, devise is properly a gift by testament of real property. Vide Devise.

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