lawSCLGIVE someone who receives money or property from a person who has died 遗产承受人,受遗赠人
Examples from the Corpus
legatee• Celsus, however, twice refers to the beneficiary as a legatee.• The most obvious one would be the will, but murder by advantagedlegatees is a risky business.• Of course there is another side, especially if you are legatees of Hitler's madness.• His spinstersister, Alice, lived with him and was his principallegatee.• His niece, who is a little unbalanced, took this very badly, despite the fact she herself was a substantiallegatee.• Here too the legatee would be asked to give a guarantee that he would make over the property as requested.• The disposition is interpreted as a trust of which the legatee is trustee.• This is clearly seen if we compare the rights which legateesobtained.
From Longman Business Dictionary
legateeleg·a·tee /ˌlegəˈtiː/ noun [countableC]
LAW someone who receives money or property from someone who has died
Marjorie was his sole legatee (=the only one).
Originlegatee
(1600-1700)legate“to leave after death”((16-21 centuries)), from Latinlegatus; → LEGATE