Legal Definitions - colegatee

Law school: Where you spend three years learning to think like a lawyer, then a lifetime trying to think like a human again.

✨ Enjoy an ad-free experience with LSD+

Definition of colegatee

Definition: A colegatee is a person who, along with one or more others, receives a legacy under a will. This means that they are joint legatees.

Example: John and Jane were named as colegatees in their grandfather's will. They both received an equal share of his estate.

Explanation: In this example, John and Jane are colegatees because they both received a legacy under their grandfather's will. They are joint legatees because they share the inheritance equally.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

✨ Enjoy an ad-free experience with LSD+

Simple Definition

Term: COLEGATEE

Definition: A colegatee is someone who receives a gift or money from a will along with one or more other people. It's like sharing a present with your friends. Another word for colegatee is "joint legatee."

Compare: LEGATEE

Example: Grandma left her house to her three grandchildren as colegatees.

cold-water ordeal | colibertus Read a random term: spread

You win some, you lose some, and some you just bill by the hour.

✨ Enjoy an ad-free experience with LSD+

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

✨ Enjoy an ad-free experience with LSD+