bequest

• A residuary bequest is a gift of all or part of the property remaining in your estate after debts, expenses, and specific bequests have been paid. —  Committee to Protect Journalists
• A contingent bequest is a gift that takes effect only if the primary beneficiary or beneficiaries of the bequest predecease you. —  Committee to Protect Journalists
• A new pulpit happened to be wanted at the time, and the bequest was applied in its erection Illustration: THE SMALPACE MONUMENT E. Scamell. Photo. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
• "You are aware, I presume, that Mr. Andrew Bush willed you a sum of money under rather peculiar conditions--that is, the bequest was worded in a peculiar way. —  North of Fifty-Three
• Probably these may have been the fringed leather gloves or the knit gloves described by Mrs. Earle. Another bequest was his "best hat and band never worn to old Mr. William Brewster." —  The Women Who Came in the Mayflower

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