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English : variant spelling of Leggett.English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Legard 1 or Leger 1.French (Breton) : nickname from Breton gad ‘hare’, with the le.
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King John' Cardinal Pandulph, the Pope's legate.
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English : variant of Leggett. Compare Lecates.
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English : variant of Lecatt, which is most probably a variant of Leggett.John Lecatt was born in VA during 1642. His descendants have borne the surnames Lecatt, Lecat, Lecate, Lecates, Lecato, Lekate, Lekates, Lekites, and Legates. The family lived first in Accomack Co., VA. By the 1790s most had moved north to MD and DE.
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The deputy or substitute for a legate.
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The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
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A legatee.
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A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
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The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.
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To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
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Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.
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One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
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Legateship.
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An ambassador or envoy.
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The office of a legate.
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An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
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The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
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An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
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A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.
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A joint legatee.
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Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.
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Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.
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A joint legatee.