Dictionary 1. (n.) A gift by a will of money or personal property; a bequest; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease\.2. (n.) A business with which one is entrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like. Thesaurus attested copy bequeathal bequest birthright borough-English by-product codicil coheirship consequence consequent coparcenary corollary derivation derivative development devise distillate effect entail event eventuality eventuation fruit gavelkind harvest heirloom heirship hereditament heritable heritage heritance incorporeal hereditament inheritance issue law of succession line of succession logical outcome mode of succession offshoot offspring outcome outgrowth patrimony postremogeniture precipitate primogeniture probate product result resultant reversion sequel sequela sequence sequent succession testament ultimogeniture upshot will |