demonstrative bequest

  • 1demonstrative bequest — see bequest Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2demonstrative bequest — A testamentary gift which, by its terms, must be paid from a specific fund; e.g. bequest of one thousand dollars to be paid from testator s shares of stock in X Corporation. Hence, it is partly a general bequest and partly a specific bequest. See …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 3demonstrative bequest — A testamentary gift which, by its terms, must be paid from a specific fund; e.g. bequest of one thousand dollars to be paid from testator s shares of stock in X Corporation. Hence, it is partly a general bequest and partly a specific bequest. See …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 4demonstrative — I (expressive of emotion) adjective communicative, effusive, emotional, emotive, excitable, expressive, fanatical, fervent, feverish, fierce, fiery, free in expression, furious, histrionic, maudlin, overflowing, overwrought, passionate, prone to… …

    Law dictionary

  • 5bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7legacy, demonstrative — n. A bequest of money that is to be paid out of a specific fund. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

    Law dictionary

  • 8legacy — leg·a·cy / le gə sē/ n pl cies [Medieval Latin legatio, from Latin legare to bequeath]: a gift of property by will; specif: a gift of personal property by will: bequest see also ademption compare devise conjoint leg …

    Law dictionary

  • 9legacy — A disposition of personalty by will. A bequest. In a technical sense and strictly construed, legacy is a gift or bequest by will of personal property, whereas a devise is a testamentary disposition of real estate, but such distinction will not be …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10legacy — A disposition of personalty by will. A bequest. In a technical sense and strictly construed, legacy is a gift or bequest by will of personal property, whereas a devise is a testamentary disposition of real estate, but such distinction will not be …

    Black's law dictionary