noun
- a person who receives a legacy or bequest under a will
Usage: legal
Examples
- The wealthy businessman named his daughter as the primary legatee in his will.
- Each legatee must be notified when the estate goes through probate.
- The lawyer contacted all legatees to inform them of their inheritance.
- As a legatee, she inherited her grandmother’s jewelry collection.
- The will specified that each legatee would receive an equal share of the property.
- Several legatees contested the validity of the document in court.