Obs. Also legatte. [a. OF. legat = It. legato, ad. L. lēgātum, neut. pa. pple. of lēgāre to bequeath.] A legacy or bequest.
1447. Rolls of Parl., V. 129/2. John Brokley … by his Testament … made other diversez Legatez to diversez persones, grete and notable.
1479. J. Paston, in P. Lett., No. 849, III. 267. The funeral costes, dettes, and legattes.
1501. Bury Wills (Camden), 91. These my legattes herin conteynyth truly fulfyllyd.
c. 1530. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems, 32. In dysposyng thy legatys, pay firste thy servanntis.
