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bequest
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[ noun ] (law) a gift of personal property by will
Synonyms Used in print (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)He went_on to personal bequests , a list of names largely unknown to him . Twenty-five_thousand to each of the great-nieces in Oregon ( not much to blood_relatives out of millions ) ten_thousand to this friend and that , five_thousand to another ; to Brian_Thayer , the sum of ten_thousand dollars ; to the Pecks , ten_thousand each ; to Joan_Sheldon the conditional bequest of ten_thousand to be paid to her in the event that she was still in Mrs._Meeker 's employ at the time of the latter 's death . Joan_Sheldon had earned the larger bequest . Ten-thousand-dollar bequest . Related terms |
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