bequest English

Meaning bequest meaning

What does bequest mean?

bequest

— noun (law) a gift of personal property by will

Synonyms bequest synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bequest?

bequest English » English

legacy

inheritance

heritage

patrimony

estate

endowment

testament

residue

relic

property left at death

legacies

hereditament

heirloom

hangover

grant

donate

demise

decedents’estates

causa mortis

causa donatio

ancestry

Examples bequest examples

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But Darcy chose to regard the annuity which his father left me, provided I entered the church, as a mere recommendation and not a bequest.

We find that her bequest to you was in the nature of a little piece of ground.

Of course, your husband had no previous knowledge of this bequest?

Whereas in the new will, except for a bequest to you of a small annuity, the principal beneficiary is the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

This bequest, of course, reverts to the estate now.

There is a substantial donation to the church. and generous bequest to the poor.

We have to satisfy ourselves that he's the right man for the bequest.

The problem comes in the language of the bequest to Heather.

That is his bequest to us today.

Terms of the original bequest.

Eckhardt's last bequest.

Of course, Uh. Your mother Was always intending To leave me a bequest.

This is a bequest.

It was his bequest from the royal family of Luria.

Two years earlier, James Whale, when he died, had left a bequest to the actress.

We'll deal with formalities for the transfer of your uncle's bequest later.

According to the testament I'm supposed to hand out the bequest to the girls.

To Earth we announce the bequest of three great people.

I mean, that gardener of theirs, Hillman there's talk in the local pub that he's in for a nice bequest when old Ackenthorpe goes.

Of course, you have to nake the trip to California to claim the bequest.

You can't alter a man's deathbed bequest with a lot of childish spying and gossip.

Some problem with the bequest.

Yes. We find that she wanted to. We find that her bequest to you was in the nature of a little piece of ground.

Of course, you'll have to make the trip to California to claim the bequest.

The Carson bequest.

Of course, your mother was always intending to leave me a bequest.

Are we getting Mom's bequest?

A foolish bequest, giving quarry rights to one party, yet letting another mine it.

At whose bequest?

Gregory Longfellow just told me he brought a bequest.

News and current affairs

Democracy is a priceless bequest.

But reform requires the continuation of the peace and security that is the bequest of US leadership.