legacy

1. Money or property bequeathed to another by will.
2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See synonyms at heritage.

[Middle English legacie, office of a deputy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātus, past participle of lēgāre, to depute, bequeath.]

That which is handed down from a predecessor. In the computer field, it refers to the previous, major generation of hardware and/or software that continues to be used. See legacy application and legacy system.

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Gift under a Will of cash or some other specific item of personal property, such as a stock certificate, a car, or a piece of jewelry. The legacy usually is conditioned, meaning the legatee is required to be employed by the Testator-the person who makes the will-or related to the testator by marriage. In other cases, a legacy to a legatee who has not attained a particular age at the testator's death will be held in trust for the legatee, instead of being distributed outright.

noun

1. Any special privilege accorded a firstborn: birthright, heritage, inheritance, patrimony. See owned/unowned.
2. Something immaterial, as a style or philosophy, that is passed from one generation to another: heritage, inheritance, tradition. See affect/ineffectiveness.

A disposition of personal property by will.

In a narrow technical sense, a legacy is distinguishable from a devise, a gift by will of real property. This distinction, however, will not be permitted to defeat the intent of a testator — one who makes a will — and these terms can be applied interchangeably to either personal property or real property if the context of the will demonstrates that this was the intention of the testator.

A general legacy, a demonstrative legacy, and a specific legacy represent the three primary types of legacies.

n.

A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

Quotes:

"We all leave footprints in the sand, the question is, will we be a big heal, or a great soul." - Source Unknown

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Legacy or legacies may refer to:

Meaning: Something someone is remembered as.

In computing,

• Legacy Family Tree, genealogy software
• Legacy system, a term for out-of-date hardware and/or software still in use
• Fedora Legacy, an open-source project

In film,

• Legacy (1998 film), a 1998 film starring David Hasselhoff and Donita Rose
• Legacy (2000 film), a 2000 documentary film
• Legacy (2008 film), a film starring Madeline Zima
• Legacy: A Mormon Journey, a 53-minute film produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Legacy of Rage , a Hong Kong film starring Brandon Lee
• Legacy Releasing, a film distributor of the 1990s based in California

In literature,

• Legacies (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by author F. Paul Wilson
• Legacy (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who spin-off novel by Gary Russell
• Legacy (1987 novel), a historical-fiction novel by author James A. Michener
• Legacy (1995 novel), a science-fiction novel in Greg Bear's The Way series
• Legacy (2007 novel), a fantasy novel in Lois McMasterBujold's The Sharing Knife series
• Star Wars: Legacy, a comic book in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
• Legacy Journal, a journal of American women writers

In music,

• Legacy (band), a British-based acoustic band, active since 1997
• Legacy (Akir album), 2006 album by underground hip hop artist Akir
• Legacy (Jimmy D. Lane album), 2000 album by blues rock musician Jimmy D. Lane
• Legacy (Temptations album), 2004 album by The Temptations for the Motown label
• Legacy (Madball album), 2005 album by the New York Hardcore band Madball
• The Legacy (album), 1987 album by the thrash metal band Testament
• Legacy of Brutality, an album by the punk rock band Misfits
• Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music, a 1989 compilation from Windham Hill Records
• Legacy...Hymns and Faith, a 2002 album by Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant
• Legacy: the Absolute Best, a two-disc compilation album by The Doors released in 2003
• Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection a compilation album by Boyz II Men released in 2001
• Legacy (Shadow Gallery album), an album by the progressive metal band Shadow Gallery
• Legacy (Mansun song), 1998 song by UK band Mansun
• Legacy Recordings, Sony BMG Music Entertainment's catalog division
• Legacy Five, a southern gospel quartet
• L.E.G.A.C.Y., rapper and member of the Justus League

In sports,

• San Francisco Legacy, the last original franchise of the National Women's Basketball League
• Virginia Legacy, a soccer team in the United States
• Legacy Trust UK, a consortium associated with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• The Legacy, a wrestling team consisting of WWE Superstars Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes

In television,

• Legacies (Babylon 5), an episode from the first season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5
• Legacy (Stargate SG-1), a third-season episode of the TV series Stargate SG-1
• Legacy (TNG episode), a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Legacy (TV series), an American dramatic television series which aired on UPN from 1998-1999
• Poltergeist: The Legacy, a Canadian/American horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999

In transportation,

• Embraer Legacy 600, a mid-sized business jet
• Legacy Parkway, a freeway in Utah
• Legacy carrier, an older airline
• Subaru Legacy, a mid-size car

In other uses,

• Legacy Australia, a charitable institution in Australia
• Legacy Interactive, an interactive media company
• Legacy of parks, a conservation program in the 1970s in the United States
• Legacy of Kain, a series of video games
• Legacy preferences, favorable consideration of an applicant for a school, college, or university that was attended by the applicant's relative
• Legacy (property law), a gift given by someone after death through a will
• Legacy Tower, a Skyscraper under construction in Chicago
• Legacy Village, an outdoor shopping complex in Lyndhurst, Ohio
• Legacy Virus, a fictional virus from the Marvel Universe
• Star Trek: Legacy, a computer game by Mad Doc Software and Bethesda Softworks

See also

• Legacy Foundation (disambiguation)
• Legacy of Blood (disambiguation)
• Legacy of Darkness (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - arv, testamentarisk gave
adj. - arve-

Nederlands (Dutch)
erfenis, erflating, legaat, vermaking

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) legs, (fig) héritage, séquelles
adj. - (Comput) hérité (un système)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erbe, Vermächtnis, Erbschaft
adj. - (Comp.) Legacy, veraltete, aber weiterhin übliche Software

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κληρονομιά, κληροδότημα, (μτφ.) (μεταλαμπαδευόμενη) παράδοση

Italiano (Italian)
legato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - legado (m)

Русский (Russian)
наследство

Español (Spanish)
n. - herencia, legado
adj. - de la herencia o legado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - legat, testamentarisk gåva, arv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
继承物, 遗赠产, 遗产, 遗赠的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 繼承物, 遺贈產, 遺產
adj. - 遺贈的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유산 , 유증
adj. - 유산의 , 유물의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 遺産, 受け継いだもの, 遺物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ميراث بوصيه, تراث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ירושה, עיזבון, מורשה‬
adj. - ‮יושנה - חומרה או תוכנה שהתיישנו אך קשה להחליפן בשל שימושן הנרחב‬

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