LEGATORY

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LEGATORY, dead man's part or share. (q.v.) The third part of a freeman's 
  personal estate, which by the custom of London, in case he had a wife and 
  children, the freeman might always have disposed of by will. Bac. Ab. 
  Customs of London, D 4.