遗产继承人

名词

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legatee

noun

Comparative law notes

China


Definitions of legatee

English

someone or something that receives a position, title, political power, or property etc that is left or handed down by someone who owned it before. NB In this meaning of the word legatee/i> the term successor is more common.

She is the obvious political legatee to the current Prime Minister.

English

someone who receives a share of someone else's property after they die

Actions filed by the legatee concerning property must be filed within eight years of the death of the deceased.