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Condition :: Condition (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend..

Devise :: Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

Legacy :: Legacy (n.) A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease..

Bequeathal :: Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest.

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..

Bequest :: Bequest (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B..

Bequest :: Bequest (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy..

Bequest :: Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift..

Bequeathment :: Bequeathment (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest..

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