conjunctive legacy

conjunctive legacy
noun
: a legacy awarding under Roman law the same thing to two or more persons in one dispositive clause and giving each colegatee the right of increasing his share proportionately to his interest if the share of any other colegatee lapses or becomes vacant before it vests — distinguished from disjunctive legacy

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