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Legat
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légat legat Legát
German
Pronunciation
de /leˈɡaːt/
de De-Legat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Le gat
Etymology 1
de la legatum.
de:Vermächtnis
Noun
n,(e)s
de Inheritance law legacy, a detachment of certain items of the heritage
de Vermächtnis
Usage notes
Occurs in rump-Germany only historically, in description of Roman Law or perhaps some foreign laws, whereas it occurs regularly in Switzerland.
In rump-Germany’s, Switzerland’s, Austria’s and Liechtenstein’s internal laws only the legatum damnationis occurs, unlike in Belgium and Luxemburg and most other continental law countries.
Declension
n,(e)s
Derived terms
de Damnationslegat
de Vindikationslegat
Further reading
Legat_Erbe_Hinterlassenschaft
Etymology 2
de :bor la:legatus
de la legatus.
Noun
m.weak in
legate
de Gesandter
Declension
m.weak
Further reading
Legat_Botschafter
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From sh lègāt.210
Proper noun
m-an
sh
References