Also 6 leggett. [f. L. lēgāt-, ppl. stem of lēgāre.] trans. To give by will, to bequeath. Often, to give and legate.
1546. Will, in Trans. Cumbld. & Westmld. Arch. Soc., X. 26. I gif and leggett vnto Richerd my sonn all my housholde stuf.
1582. Will of R. Milles (Consistory Crt. Canterbury). The towe hundred poundes to them legated shall … come wholy vnto my sonne Thomas.
1671. True Nonconf., 497. Legating peace as his proper blessing to all his followers.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, Digest 528. There were four forms of legating,—vindication, damnation, permission, and preception.
1888. Law Rep., Ho. Lords, XIII. 376. The oval inlaid table I legate to —.
